Intel has started including Digital Rights Management(DRM) functionality in their Pentium line of chips.1 The new Pentium D processor will have functionality that will both tie in with the Windows DRM functionality, and will also allow administrators to remotely administrate machines "independent[ly] of an operating system." Can you only imagine having your computer hacked not just at an operating system level, but at a firmware level? How would you even detect that? This goes well beyond the fears that first awoke with "Secure Computing."
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