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hmm? It appears that the Intel ID chip is voluntary and can be
turned-off [or not purchased!].
Why should anyone object to this? Interesting that the Government finds
this to be a problem! The same Clinton Administration who wanted the
coercively installed "clipper" chip! ....the intrigue around which has lead
to murders including Vince Foster according to some sources. Most recently,
one of the Directors of the Company who invented the the chip was an
Arkancide.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Samuel E. Konkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Cartwright,Paul A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 2:34 AM
Subject: Re: More intel on Intel
Thanks, Paul. For those who don't have time to browse or no browser, I
clipped and relaid out the article below. Well,
Neil? Convinced now? Ready to come back now, Kent? Motorola's Power PC chip:
the Hacker's Choice! Mark of the Beast,
Mike? Conspiracy, Lloyd?
"Cartwright,Paul A" wrote:
>
http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/article/0,1051,ART-22167,00.html
Intel Hell --- or, You Think Y2K Was Bad? This is 666 times worse.
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> INTEL CHIP FIRES UP PRIVACY DEBATE ID
> technology to help Net trade; foes fear loss of anonymity
> By Frank James Washington Bureau January 22, 1999
> The growing rift between the needs of Internet commerce and the
individual's right to privacy
> was amply illustrated on Thursday when Intel Corp. disclosed its plans
for new microchips
> containing embedded electronic serial numbers that would allow individual
computers to be
> readily identified.
> The identifiers, similar to the unique vehicle identification numbers on
cars and trucks, would
> be a kind of caller ID technology for computers. Intel said its new
Pentium III microprocessors
> will promote the growth of Internet commerce by giving companies doing
business on-line a
> better way to verify the identities of customers.
> But critics see it as an ominous development, ushering in a new period of
electronic
> surveillance. Privacy experts fear the new Intel chips could mean the
death of anonymity on the
> Internet.
> Indeed, Intel's new microprocessor can be expected to add fuel to the
heated debate in the
> nation's capital over privacy. While companies have asked the government
for the freedom to
> regulate their own use of consumers' personal data, privacy advocates and
the Clinton
> administration have criticized those efforts, with the administration
warning that if more is
> not done to protect consumers, legislation could be the next step.
> The Intel chip marks a fundamental turning point in the high-tech era.
One of the virtues of
> computers until now was that users have not necessarily had to reveal
their identities.
> "This would appear to really seriously endanger privacy on the Internet
by creating a permanent
> ID number for every Intel user on the Net," said David Banisar, a privacy
expert with the
> Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, D.C. "It makes you
wonder if maybe Intel
> should change their logo from 'Intel Inside' to 'Big Brother Inside.'"
> Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel, the world's largest maker of
microprocessors, with more than
> 75 percent of the market in 1998, on Thursday briefed reporters about the
new technology. In a
> telephone interview, spokesman Chuck Mulloy said the company plans to
begin shipping the new
> microchip to computer-makers by the end of March.
> Later this year, Intel intends to introduce a separate technology, called
a random number
> generator. That development, he said, will enable better encryption of
computer communications
> and transactions.
> "These are pieces of a puzzle that will eventually end up causing, we
hope, the Net to become
> much more secure than it is today," Mulloy said.
> Besides letting on-line marketers reassure themselves that a customer
placing an order is
> actually who he says he is, the new microprocessors would also let
companies create more
> protected "doorways" into their networks.
> Like the list used by the doorman to screen the names of those attempting
to get into a private
> party at a trendy nightclub, companies could create a list of computers
whose serial numbers may
> enter a network, while all others would be barred, Mulloy said.
> The benefits could be wide-ranging, said Mulloy, from physicians and
their patients being able
> to securely transmit medical information back and forth over the Internet
to companies being
> able to track the whereabouts and usage of the computers within a firm.
The ID codes might make
> it easier to trace stolen computers, for instance.
> Intel acknowledged the privacy concerns raised by the new microchip. "The
flip side of
> security, in many people's minds, is privacy," Mulloy said. "We don't
delude or kid ourselves.
> We know that identification can impact someone's privacy.
> "One of our key objectives here is that the consumer or user has got to
have control in order
> to maintain their privacy."
> To that end, Mulloy said, consumers will be able to turn off the chip
feature that emits the
> serial number. But that must be done before each computer session. Intel
has designed the
> microprocessor, he added, so that it cannot be mischievously and remotely
turned on by a hacker
> lurking somewhere on the Internet.
> It's possible many commercial Web sites, especially those created by
marketing and database
> firms, will restrict access by consumers who have disabled their
microprocessor's identifier.
> "People who make the privacy choice versus the security choice do so
knowingly," said Mulloy.
> "They know they will not be able to do certain things."
> But making it possible for people to turn off the ID code doesn't solve
the problem, said Barry
> Steinhardt, a privacy expert at the American Civil Liberties Union.
"Computers are already too
> complicated for most people," he said. "For the average consumer, it's
difficult enough to know
> that this data will be gathered and that they will be tracked, let alone
how to get the software
> . . . to turn this thing off."
> For privacy advocates, the introduction of the new microchip was yet
another example of how
> Americans' privacy is at ever greater risk because of new technologies
and an absence of
> comprehensive laws protecting their personal information.
> Temporary software programs called "cookies" that are placed by marketers
on computer users'
> hard drives already allow companies to track where someone goes on the
Internet and can
> sometimes provide some identifying information. Banisar, the privacy
expert, referred to
> Intel's new chip as "a super cookie, a nuclear cookie."
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