<If MSFT says you have to turn it on what can you do?>
Mr. Fiondella, no company or Web site is going to require that you turn on the CPU ID. Three reasons:
1) This will exclude the non-Pentium III owners out there, which is currently 100%, and not likely to become lower than 50% over the next two years. Gee, there goes a huge chunk of potential traffic!
2) This will exclude the AMD and Cyrix owners out there. AMD and Cyrix have publicly stated that they will not follow in Intel's shoes and put IDs on their CPUs. Gee, there goes another significant chunk of potential traffic!
3) This will brand the Web site a "Big Brother" site. Gee, there goes even more potential traffic!
Even if a company or Web site requires the activation of the CPU ID only from those who can, reason #3 still applies.
Conclusion: It is in no one's best interest to require activation of the CPU ID.
Rather, the CPU ID can be used optionally as a third form of identification. You tell the Web site whether you want to use your CPU ID or not. If you don't, no big deal. If you do, you can be sure that no crook can use your account without stealing your computer first.
To be sure, yes, this system isn't foolproof. I can already think of a way to foil this scheme. But it's not as simple as breaking into an account which doesn't use the CPU ID.
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