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To: Paul K who wrote (5394)	1/20/1999 3:31:00 PM
From: Sean W. Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

FYI... This is common practice in the unix world. Every unix workstation has a unix host ID. Software license managers like flexlm use this host-id to lock licenses to paricular machines or license servers. Its not hard to do. its not used in the ways this article describes though. Sean

To: Paul K who wrote (5394)	1/25/1999 11:38:00 AM
From: Paul K	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Groups call for Intel boycott "Advocacy groups says users should not buy Intel products until chip ID technology is turned off." zdnet.com -------------- This could get interesting, since Intel took a step back late last week and said they were not going to use the ID to invade internet privacy. Intel says says CPU ID would benefit 'e-commerce' security. True, BUT, I think they are really setting up the pieces to re-institute software Copy Protection. The software industry would love the chance to limit software installations/registration to one CPU, and the recording industry has been sitting on the side lines waiting for a solution to limit download/playback on one CPU (with serialization of your CPU ID if you make a copy.) The big hitters are going to back this. (Anyone remember what fun it was dealing copy protection in the early days with hidden files on your hard drive and laser-etched floppy disks? The dongle seemed to retain its niche though.)