Cringely on Palladium
Palladium is Microsoft's proposal for securing computers by encrypting everything at the hardware level, locking everything down, and (apparently) keeping the keys in Redmond. Cringely thinks its a lousy idea.
Speculation: the accounting crisis is going to get much worse, and integrity is about to be rediscovered as a virtue. The Republicans think people want security -- more surveillance, more arrests, more patrols -- when they want honesty -- honest effort, honest dedication, and candid accountability. Trust is going to top the charts; Microsoft's (again) getting off on the wrong foot. Palladium is so 90's.