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Trusted Computing , sometimes called "Treacherous Computing" sis the name of the initiative of a joint effort of multiple companies to add hardware level restrictions and restrict user ownership and freedom on multiple various types of
Trusted Computing , sometimes called "Treacherous Computing" sis the name of the initiative of a joint effort of multiple companies to add hardware level restrictions and restrict user ownership and freedom on multiple various types of


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.
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 televisions, streaming boxes, pretty much anything with a printed circuit board and a digital purpose.


==How it works==
==How it works==
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.   
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, motherboard, to a physical chip known as a "Trusted Platform Module""TPM" for short. A TPM enabled machine will RESTRICT and will NOT allow certain user actions.   


==Why it is a problem==
==Why it is a problem==
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!
One problem is  user ownership and freedom. Depending on the device, various user actions may be restricted and or completely 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 restricted 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!
Another problem is privacy and security.  Because of hardware and software level backdoor, 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 settings can be edited without the user's consent nor knowledge!