'trusted' computing - something to fear?

yellowlawn

sco0ter wrote:

Doesnt XP do this anyway... If you have a legit copy of Vista then there is no problem as all it will take is a re-activation

It's never been so reliant on hardware components before read this article for more information. And think how much wrath MS will endure over it.

yellowlawn

When you look into Bit Locker which is a MS designated peice of software that basically encrypts the Hard Disk with I think it was 128 bit security. The ole bill and similar Alphabet agencies were up in arms about it. It was meant to prevent remote users evesdropping on your hard drive information, which also kept the authorities out in piracy cases. Believe it or not they wanted Ms to leave a secret backdoor in the system so they could access hard drive data! Oh and nobody else would be able to exploit that????? So Bit Locker was dropped leaving MS very bitter as it was to be a major selling point to end users that Vista was the most secure O/S they had made. Didn't they say that with every O/s they have released?

wonderfullife_2

I think its all irrelevant and Microsoft are losing, even with their Vista, I've already seen copies of Vista to download with cracks/serials included, whether they work or not I don't know because I wouldn't go near Vista for another 12mths until all the holes/patches have been sorted out.

Nothing has 100% protection and is uncrackable there are always ways around their securities and people with the knowledge, and skill to do so.

Not that I'm condoning it, I'm just saying.......

free4440273

brilliant posts here: nice to know what people think about this contentious topic. i am intending to buy new laptop - not sure what to do now, buy with vista or with xp (my current setup). anyway, keep the views on trusted computing coming.

-TangleFoot-

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has quite a lot to say about Trusted Computing and Vista, and virtually none of it is good.

woo

yellowlawn wrote:

It's never been so reliant on hardware components before read this article for more information. And think how much wrath MS will endure over it.

That article is now out of date and MS changed the EULA on the RC version of Vista. You can now take your copy of Vista with you just as you can with XP.