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To: Paul Engel who wrote (71812)	1/21/1999 8:53:00 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 186894

Embedded IDs on chips spur worry By Matt Beer EXAMINER TECHNOLOGY WRITER Too much Intel inside? Web privacy experts were beating the war drums Wednesday after reports began circulating on the Internet that computer chip maker Intel plans to include identification numbers in its next generation of computer chips. According to the reports, a computer equipped with the new Intel chips would pass on the embedded number during unspecified Internet transactions, possibly allowing the owner of the computer to be identified. "Obviously, we're concerned," said Ari Schwartz, an analyst with the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington, D.C. "There are privacy ramifications with Intel's plans. Mostly we're concerned with what's going to happen down the road with this information." Schwartz said his organization, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, has been meeting with Intel executives over the last two weeks to discuss the effects of the technology. "They know we're concerned," said Schwartz. "This has the potential to add to the stockpile of private data that the Internet companies are gathering on citizens." Two independent sources within Intel have confirmed the company will announce a version of this technology at a briefing Thursday afternoon in Santa Clara. These same sources said the technology, called Common Data Security Architecture (CDSA), will be deployed over the next couple of years to create a security standard for Internet-based purchases and other electronic commerce. "We certainly haven't set out to destroy privacy," said one of the sources, who asked to remain anonymous. The Intel sources said the identifying numbers can be easily masked by software supplied with the machines. At Thursday's briefing, the Intel sources said, the chip maker also will dispel industry rumors, printed by the Wall Street Journal on Monday, that these new chips will contain embedded encryption technology that would automatically scramble data going in and out of the computer. That technology would render the computers illegal to export, under current federal encryption bans. "You've heard the term 'apples and oranges,'" said an Intel source. "Well, we're dealing with a full fruit basket of rumors here." DAILY \|\| FRONT \| NEWS \| SPORTS \| BUSINESS \| STYLE \| OPINION \| CLASSIFIED WEEKLY \|\| TRAVEL \| CAREER SEARCH \| REAL ESTATE \| MAGAZINE