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To: Bruce A. Thompson who wrote (47799)	1/29/1999 1:28:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570913

<How are you able to guarantee this now????> Sigh. People just have to keep barking the same old fears over and over again. Remember that the CPU ID is turned OFF by default. If the CPU ID is turned on unwittingly by some program, that's a malicious program, plain and simple, and it belongs in the same category as those macro viruses, misbehaved ActiveX components, e-mail attachment bombs, etc. How do you know that Microsoft isn't surreptitiously scanning your hard drive and sending the information over the Net every time you use dial-up access? After all, that Windows 98 sure does seem slower than Windows 95 ... Tenchusatsu

To: Bruce A. Thompson who wrote (47799)	1/29/1999 1:34:00 PM
From: Gary Ng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570913

Bruce, Re: 3) That said, an ironclad control mechanism is key to making this chip both useful and acceptable. Computer users must have the option of turning off the ID in the same way telephone users can block caller ID. I don't know about your area, in my area, emergency calls( like 911) can see the ID even the users block it. The only way you can have guaranteed privacy is 'not connected'. Gary