C L Chatfield wrote: > I don't buy into "If you haven't done anything wrong then what have you got > to worry about" > What if "they" decide to do something wrong (which they do all the time). > > Is it true that the intel chip (and presumably AMD) has a unique identifier > that can > be transmitted, and if so does Linux protect against this?
Yes:http://schneier.com/essay-187.html No protection if you run spyware on Linux ;-) > #################################################################### > Confidentiality notice: > This email (and any documents attached to it) is confidential and is > intended for use only by the named recipients. > Information contained or attached may not be disclosed to any person who > is not a named recipient without the prior > written consent of Christopher L Chatfield, Cheltenham. > If you are not a named recipient, then please notify us, destroy this > email and keep no copies. > Thank you for your co-operation. > .. > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > freephone: 44-800-0-664-813 from UK 0800-0-664-813 > ICQ= 424376924 Google Instant Messaging = > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- People choose Microsoft Windows for their PC in the same manner that the citizens of Soviet Russia elected the General Secretary of the Communist Party during the cold war. Jim Kissel Open Source Migrations Limited w: http://www.osml.eu e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: +44(0) 8703 301044 m: +44(0) 7976 411 679 -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
