Developments in "Trusted Computing" In the meantime, note the following "Trusted Computing" developments. First, a workshop at CMU. Plus Microsoft has recently hired Jonathan Shapiro, lead developer for the EROS/Coyotos/Bit-C projects. These are projects to produce a fully virtualized operating system, which is a key part of palladiated computers -- a form of "DRM" that succeeds completely in robbing you of the ability to control your own computer. "Virtualization" means making *all* parts of the computer virtual -- you cannot directly address a port, a bit in RAM, anything. Essentially, every single operation on the computer is PGP-encrypted, and you must route all operations through an impregnable kernel. A palladiated computer uses *somebody else's* private key on your own computer's motherboard, creating a system that gives outsiders complete control over what you can do. "Trusted Infrastructure" Workshop
Microsoft hires Jonathan Shapiro:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2463 http://www.coyotos.org/pipermail/bitc-dev/2009-April/001784.html
Richard Stallman on Treacherous Computing:
"Virtualization" technology proceeds apace while our policy channels fail to distinguish private interest concerns from the true concerns and nature of copyright. -- Diego Saravia [email protected] NO FUNCIONA->[email protected]