Re:“Microsoft Pluton Hardware Security Coming to Our CPUs”: ...
by noch on Monday November 23, 2020 @05:43PM
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Do the kids remember Microsoft's ghastly Palladium, from 2 decades ago?
>Known Elements of the Palladium System:
> The system purports to stop viruses by preventing the running of malicious programs.
The system will store personal data within an encrypted folder.
>The system will depend on hardware that has either a digital signature or a tracking number.
> The system will filter spam.
The system has a personal information sharing agent called "My Man."
> The system will incorporate Digital Rights Management technologies for media files of all types (music, documents, e-mail communications). Additionally, the system purports to transmit data within the computer via encrypted paths
>Known Elements of the Palladium System:
> The system purports to stop viruses by preventing the running of malicious programs. The system will store personal data within an encrypted folder.
>The system will depend on hardware that has either a digital signature or a tracking number.
> The system will filter spam. The system has a personal information sharing agent called "My Man."
> The system will incorporate Digital Rights Management technologies for media files of all types (music, documents, e-mail communications). Additionally, the system purports to transmit data within the computer via encrypted paths
https://epic.org/privacy/consumer/microsoft/palladium.html