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To: gnuman who wrote (75608)	3/6/1999 2:59:00 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Respond to of 186894

They are taking the complaint over privacy violation to the Federal Government? This will surely be effective. Wasn't it DeTocqueville who once said, "My, Grandma, what big eyes you have." :) Duke

To: gnuman who wrote (75608)	3/7/1999 2:14:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

I get it. What the CDT is saying is that Intel is "deceiving" customers. Intel says that customers have control over whether they want their processor serial number activated by using a software switch. But if there are ways to get around that software switch, that must mean that Intel is not telling the truth. In other words, if a Web site chooses to abuse the serial number feature by hacking around the software switch, that's Intel's fault. Pardon me for saying this, but the CDT's argument is BS. Perhaps if they changed their complaint to something like "make the serial number more hack-proof," I'd buy their argument. But no, they want to kill off the Pentium III, just like the Chicken-Little privacy advocates. Tenchusatsu