Re: A _good_ and valid use for TPM

[Robert Millan]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 10:17:02PM +0100, Jan Alsenz wrote:
> > 
> > First of all, I think it's a poor approach, because there's no way to 
> > garantee
> > the TPM is doing what it's supposed to (can you read its source code?  how 
> > do
> > you know for sure there are no backdoors?).
> 
> As I said before: you can make the very same argument for every single part of
> your PC.
> Why do you trust Intel or AMD with your CPU? They are also involved in the 
> TCG!

You took the least relevant part of my argument, and assumed this is the reason
I object to TPMs.  Please check the rest of my previous mail.

Anyway, it's obvious that I trust my CPU because I have no other choice.  The
context in which I said this, is different: there are better choices there.

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Robert Millan

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