Trusted Computing: Difference between revisions

Computers and devices, including , but not limited to: Computers, desktop and notebook, single board computers, pdas, smartphones, tablets, media players, game consoles, digital video recoord3rs, home theater systems, smart televusions, streaming boxes, pretty much anything with a printed circuit board and a digital purpose.

Trusted Computing usually consists of both hardware and software restrictions, From a locked down restricted operating system to a locked down restricted bios and or firmware to hardware level backdoors in the cpu, soc, mainboard, to a physical chip known as a "Trusted Comouting Module" "TPM" for short. A tpm enabled machine will RESTRICT and will NOT allow certain user actions.   

One problem is  user ownership and freedom. Depending on the device, various user actions may estricted and or compleytely prohibited. Installing and using third party and or alternative software from operating systems to applications may be restricted and or completely impossible! Modifying certain system settings may be restrited and or completely impossible! Also user loss if ownership over data including files and documents is an issue!

Another problem is privacy and seceruty.  Because of hardware and software level backdoors, an affected system is vulnerable to remote tampering, sabotage and attack, both when the machine is on and off!  Data including files and documents can be edited, encrypted, deleted without the user's consent nor knowledge! System settungs can be edited without the user's consent nor knowledge!

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Amazon Kindle and kindke fire

Apple Ipod

Microsoft zune

Sony Playstation line of consoles

Microsoft XbOx line if consoles

Intel Magement Engine

AMD equivelent