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To: ajbrenner who wrote (47970)	1/31/1999 4:46:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Respond to of 1570369

Let's see what Intel PR admits about the PSN: I got these quotes from - cnn.com "Secondly, critics say, the software utility that users need to activate or de-activate the PSN is vulnerable to hacking -- something even Intel acknowledges." "Intel's Walker acknowledged the security vulnerability with the software utility, but said users should go to Web sites they trust." "'There is the ability for a malicious piece of software to try and disable that [alert], but users will have to go to sites that they trust and be careful about this feature,'Walker said. " Another question from me to the rest of you - How many of you only go to websites you trust? It is all a matter of what one considers the definition of trust to be. A person may say the login feature at SI is trustworthy, while another person may consider it not trustworthy and demand logging in using the security mode of the browser. "Intel spokesman Howard High agreed that some Web sites and chat rooms are likely to restrict access to only those users who volunteer their PSNs. But most businesses aren't likely to turn their backs on users, he said." I agree with them that most businesses probably won't do that. Here is a piece of PURE BS - "In response to speculation that Intel wants to be able to use the PSNs for its own purposes, Intel spokesman Walker said the company will not use the PSNs to track chips, to recover stolen chips, or to check that manufacturers don't run the chips faster than the speed for which they are rated." Did you like that BS? I sure didn't. You and I know that Intel will take every opportunity available to check if each PIII is not running at its proper clock speed. This will enable Intel to get those companies who will unfairly label PIIIs as a higher speed and sell them at a greater profit. This will be beneficial to Intel and especially the end user, but the fact that the Intel's PR guy said that BS shows how much you can see through his words. "'We're not going to keep any list of [ID] numbers,' Walker said." We'll see.