I don't normally look to MSNBC for useful tech news, but this is a great article on inroads being made with TPM technology, against the growing tide of crime on the internet.
To say the least, I never knew all the network-ability features to TPM. We sell some notebooks with TPM onboard, but I usually advertise it as a theft deterrence system. If someone steals your NB (or you leave it on a plane with super top-secret info onboard, like has happened several times recently), the person who gets it cannot do anything with it. All the ones that have TPM also have a fingerprint scanner, so it basically serves as the on button - no fingerprint, no startup. That's my understanding, at least - never have had a chance to play around with it.
This internet verification is huge, I think. Just like telephone calls are more are more being placed to *people* (personal cell phones) rather than the olden-days' *places* (home/office phones), this seems like it would transform "machine-based" computing into "verified person-based" computing. Then again, fingerprint and TPM info is sure to be stored on internet-accessible servers . . . which opens the can o' worms right back up, for hackers and other ne'er-do-wells.
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