Trusted Computing making hardware Waves again

WHEN WE WERE at the Intel Developer Forum last month we noted that Wave -- with its Embassy security system - appeared to be an integral part of the Trusted Computing initiatives that everyone is keeping mum about.

Wave had a presence at CeBIT 2003 which we didn't get round to visiting, and also showed, or rather is still showing off a "Trusted PC" at the NEC Packard Bell stand, in Hall2, B20.

So too, manufacturers are starting to show such products as the "Smart Card Keyboard" from Samsung, which uses Level 5 Embassy security. You bung a smart card in the top and it will let you write stories about Wave and Samsung, otherwise you're out of luck.

There's a picture of this cunning device here.

We can see apps for a keyboard that has a smart card - it would stop those pesky people stopping by your machine and blagging it, for example.

But when the smart card develops "swipe fatigue", as quite a few of these babies do, we hope it won't take days to replace them.

We won't need a smart card for our monitors too, will we? µ

L'INQ
Packard Bell's 'Trusted Computer' at SnoBIT

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