Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999)
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Re: Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999)
#2> Q: I've never heard of software "expiring." How is that possible?
What a beautiful world that was
Re: Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999)
#3> Q: I've never heard of software "expiring." How is that possible? What a beautiful world that was
I mean, in 1999 one of the dominant software distribution models was shareware where frequently applications would stop working after some amount of time and demand payment.
Re: Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999)
#4> Q: I've never heard of software "expiring." How is that possible? What a beautiful world that was
I mean, in 1999 one of the dominant software distribution models was shareware where frequently applications would stop working after some amount of time and demand payment.
The article is referring to automatic expiry of license keys though. Still seems like a rather naive question, I agree.
Re: Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999)
#5> Q: I've never heard of software "expiring." How is that possible? What a beautiful world that was
I mean, in 1999 one of the dominant software distribution models was shareware where frequently applications would stop working after some amount of time and demand payment.
With subscription, even continuing to pay increasing amounts isn't a guarantee than the product will remain available once the vendor decides to cancel it. And, piracy isn't an option for developing countries where the software price is over a year's average wage.
Re: Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999)
#6> Q: I've never heard of software "expiring." How is that possible? What a beautiful world that was
> A software product could even "seek permission" from the vendor -- via the Internet or your modem -- each time it ran, so that the vendor would know whenever you started the program.
Now it is the norm.
Re: Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999)
#7> Q: I've never heard of software "expiring." How is that possible? What a beautiful world that was
serial number
Seems so quaint to think of that as a privacy concern.
Re: Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999)
#8> But didn't you say it'd help to prevent counterfeiting of chips?
The stolen part I get, but did it used to be easier to counterfeit chips? There's a lot that goes into making something that looks like a PIII, and even then, I assume Intel had state-of-the-art fabs, so I'm surprised this was a concern.
The hardware scams I've heard of stamping better specs on something, for hard drives, a firmware hack that makes it appear to be higher capacity, and unauthorized hardware made in off-hours on the same production line.
Re: Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999)
#9"Big Brother Inside" for just a unique id? What should we say now about Intel Management Engine?
Re: Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999)
#10> Q: I've never heard of software "expiring." How is that possible? What a beautiful world that was
In many ways, all of the predictions made at the time in replies to articles like this have come true. Everyone is spying on us constantly; legitimate end-users are absolutely peeved off / made to suffer SaaS and activation crap, and the pirates do just continue exactly as before (albeit with a nice, NSA-provided open-source RE environment to play in...)