> embed DRM everywhere. IBM and Microsoft have instead stressed genuinely > useful applications, like signing programs to be certain they don’t > contain a rootkit. But at this week’s RSA show, Lenovo showed off a
ROFLMAO! These "applications" are not real-world applications as we know them. Only very small programs can be made safe enough to get "enough certification" to be allowed to run in TPM. Having a tool like MS IE or MS Office inside the "trusted zone" would just mean compromize that security by opening holes to the untrusted outside. Btw, fingerprint sensors work only for maybe 95..98% of all the people. The rest has no usable fingerprints (yup, law enforcement agencies have quite a bit experience and knowledge about fingerprint identification...). Obviously, it's possible to make the sensors more tolerant, but this means less than safe. Typical fingerprint sensors can be fooled by a gummi bear (the original fingerprint which is copied to the bear may come from a water glass; these provide excellent fingerprint "master copies"). This is, of course, a good thing, because you can still access your documents after you injured your finger (provided you have a uncleaned glass with oyur fingerprints somewhere).. - Klaus _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
