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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (49952)	2/17/1999 6:28:00 PM
From: Bruce A. Thompson	Respond to of 1579804

Jim, Picture this. Intel's purchasing manager e-mails somebody who tags his ID # and sells it to his Costa Rican brother-in-law who.................. This is going to be great! BT

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (49952)	2/17/1999 6:54:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 1579804

<until someone figures out how to flash the Pentium III with any ID # they want?> There is no need to. The ID# request and response are still going to your modem via a piece of software. A bunch of "plug-ins" will be offered that will easily do the job.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (49952)	2/18/1999 12:24:00 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579804

Jim, re: <How long do you think it will be until someone figures out how to flash the Pentium III with any ID # they want?> Since the ID number will be enabled and disabled via the BIOS, or worse yet, a utility program provided by Intel, they also have to worry about the utility program or the BIOS being spoofed by rogue software. Furthermore, the fact that the ID is encrypted before being sent over the Internet does not make it secure. Its encrypted by a cipher sent from the website receiving the encrypted ID. Therefore, they, and any other website that does business with you, can decrypt the actual ID number. The worst feature of this supposedly "secure" method of identification is that websites and users will stop being careful with information. Petz