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Date: 1999-01-23
Grosser Bruder Intel wieder etwas kleiner-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- updating 99.1.21/1 Grosser Bruder Intel wieder etwas kleiner Es ist ein halber Rückzieher, wenn Intel jetzt, nachdem die Pläne zur Prozessoren/Hardware/Identifikation Wirbel geschlagen haben, dass der Konsument die automatische Identifizierung jederzeit abschalten könne. Ein blaues Icon soll am Desktop jederzeit vermelden, ob der Rechner grade identifizierbar oder anonym im Netze ist. -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Michael Kanellos and Tim Clark Fri, 22 Jan 1999 23:57:30 The security codes to be embedded in Intel's Pentium III processor canpotentially be misused to identify and collect data on Web surfers, some privacy advocates warn. But Intel argues that the technology will actually make the Net a safer place. .... Critics claim that the number scheme can be used to monitor the Internet habits of virtually anyone with a modern, Intel- based computer. Intel countered that the serial number will actually improve security. The Web sites in the trials, for instance, will use the serial number as a third form of identification, complementing the user name and password schemes currently in place, said Pat Gelsinger, corporate vice president of the Desktop Products Group at Intel. ... In any event, Intel won't be stepping into the shoes of Big Brother any time soon, Gelsinger added. "We are not keeping those processor numbers in any form at all," he said, which means Intel shipping records won't be turned into a police log. Users can also disable and re-enable the serial number scheme at will. ... Web sites, for example, may require user name, password, and processor serial number before giving access to certain pages. An agent from the Web site reads the processor number to ensure authenticity. .... Identification, Gelsinger said, is also a voluntary process. A blue number sign will appear in the Windows control shelf [the series of icons at the bottom right corner of the screen] whenever the serial number is enabled. By clicking the icon, users can pull up a control panel to disable it so outside agents can't read the serial number. ... Privacy advocates, however, see a high potential for misuse in the system, although they admit that the specific negative implications of the scheme are difficult to pin down because it hasn't rolled out yet. Many also seem to fear retribution from the company. Few are willing to go on the record so far. "Intel's product has some serious security and privacy implications. It is really incumbent on the folks who are developing technology, folks in the policy community, and folks in advocacy community to look at code as having serious social implications," said Deirdre Mulligan, staff counsel at the Center for Democracy and Technology, a nonprofit civil liberties organization focusing on the Internet "The hard part is figuring out the implications. Until it's put out into the marketplace, it is difficult to tell," she added. "Like law, software code has great social implications for privacy and speech." ...... full text http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,31309,00.html?dd.ne.tx.ts3.0122 relayed by ISPI4Privacy@earthlink.net -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by Harkank published on: 1999-01-23 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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