Intel Quietly Adds DRM to New Chips
Julian Bajkowski,
Digit,
Jun 02, 2005
Normally when a chip manufacturer introduces a revolutionary new feature it launches an advertising blitz. When it launches a feature none of its curtomers want, however, it keeps pretty quiet about it. That has been the case with Intel and its very quiet introduction of digital rights management (DRM) into some of its new processors. The chips are not without controversy, and not merely because they enshrine the Hollywood view of things into silicon. The details of how the chips work are being kept secret in order toi prevent hacking - but having undocumented chip functions creates a major security problem, especially when you consider that remote 'administrators' (whoever they are) can use the chips to disable remote devices such as printers of CD drives. Oh yeah, people really asked for this functionality.
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