Before people get too far into conspiracy theories with this, I should point
out that health certificates have been part of corporate Windows environments
for years (I don't know how many exactly, I think it's been since at least
Server 2003). The intent of health certs is that it allows the IT
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11483008
BBC reports that Microsoft's idea seems to be that if your computer
doesn't present a valid health certificate to your ISP, then your
ISP wouldn't let it be on the net, or would throttle it down to a tiny
bandwidth. The Health Certificate would, of
At 3:16 AM -0700 10/7/10, John Gilmore wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11483008
BBC reports that Microsoft's idea seems to be that if your computer
doesn't present a valid health certificate to your ISP, then your
ISP wouldn't let it be on the net, or would throttle it down to a
