On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, mike ledoux wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Derek Martin wrote:
>
> >> The whole Pentium CPU Serial Number thing was blown out of proportion in all
> >> the wrong directions. A unique, per-chip ID adds nothing -- in terms of being
> >> able to track individual workstations -- that we don't already have (see
> >> above). It was, in fact, less dangerous then network addresses, since network
> >> addresses have to be propagated outside your machine in order for you to
> >> communicate, while a CPU S/N is local unless you specifically offer it up over
> >> higher level protocols.
> >Bah. There are Java applets that will steal your CPU ID.
>
> You're worried about privacy and security, yet you would run a Java
> applet from an untrusted source?
No silly! I wouldn't, but that's not the point. The point is that there
are people that will. Many of them don't understand that their privacy
is being invaded (in however small a way), and some of them may well be
outraged by it, were they not ignorant of it...
I was attempting to point out that it's much easier to do than Intel would
have you believe...
--
Derek Martin
System Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
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