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Trusted Computing

Computer security is undeniably important, and as new vulnerabilities are discovered and exploited, the perceived need for new security solutions grows. "Trusted computing" initiatives propose to solve some of today's security problems through hardware changes to the personal computer. Changing hardware design isn't inherently suspicious, but the leading trusted computing proposals have a high cost: they provide security to users while giving third-parties the power to enforce policies on users' computers against the their wishes. In other words, they pressure you into handing some control over your computer to someone else. This is a "feature" readymade for abuse by software authors who want to anticompetitively choke off rival software.

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EFF Related Content: Trusted Computing

Deeplinks Blog byCory Doctorow | October 28, 2024

EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”; Apple: “Nah”

●Español This year, a far-reaching, complex new piece of legislation comes into effect in EU: the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which represents some of the most ambitious tech policy in European history. We don’t love everything in the DMA, but some of its provisions are great, because they center the... ●Read more about EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”; Apple: “Nah”

Deeplinks Blog byErica Portnoy, Peter Eckersley | May 8, 2017

Intel's Management Engine is a security hazard, and users need a way to disable it

Intel’s CPUs have another Intel inside. Since 2008, most of Intel’s chipsets have contained a tiny homunculus computer called the “Management Engine” (ME). The ME is a largely undocumented master controller for your CPU: it works with system firmware during boot and has direct access to system memory,... ●Read more about Intel's Management Engine is a security hazard, and users need a way to disable it

Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | August 12, 2005

Why Would MS Do Hollywood's Bidding?

You might be asking yourself that question, if you've been following our series on Microsoft's trusted computing and DRM strategies. No Microsoft customer wants DRM-crippled operating systems, hardware, and video content.Hollywood, on the other hand, wants ubiquitous DRM. And, wielding DRM and the DMCA, major movie studios can... ●Read more about Why Would MS Do Hollywood's Bidding?

Deeplinks Blog by Derek Slater | August 9, 2005

Your General-Purpose PC --> Hollywood-Approved Entertainment Appliance

Edward Felten has an extraordinary post detailing how Microsoft is giving Hollywood explicit veto power over the functionality of the upcoming Windows Vista operating system (formerly known as Longhorn). How explicit? Check out this excerpt from the Microsoft white paper: "Other companies are free to invent... ●Read more about Your General-Purpose PC --> Hollywood-Approved Entertainment Appliance

Deeplinks Blog by Derek Slater | July 27, 2005

Microsoft Sells Out the Public on CGMS-A

Staff Technologist Seth Schoen, EFF's resident expert on trusted computing, recently attended this year's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC). This is the final post in a four-part series in which Schoen provides detailed updates on the status of Microsoft's security and lockware strategies for Windows. The outcome... ●Read more about Microsoft Sells Out the Public on CGMS-A

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