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March 12th, 2001, 11:05 AM
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 [RESOLVED] P3's Still have tracking number?
Do the newer P3's and P4's have that tracking number that was in the news so much back when the P3 first came out? What chips have that number and which ones don't?
Thanks,
Eric
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March 12th, 2001, 03:38 PM
#2
As far as I am aware of the Chips still have the identification number, but most Mobo's have this option set to disabled by default in the BIOS anyware.
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March 13th, 2001, 02:20 AM
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All the PIII chips have that option.
Darren is correct. 99% of the mobos have that option disabled by their default BIOS settings.
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March 14th, 2001, 09:07 AM
#4
Guess I will be buying AMD chips from now on then. If it can be disabled by Software it can be re-enabled by software (IE Virus). Thanks for the info.
-Eric
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March 15th, 2001, 02:13 AM
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And what's wrong about that???
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March 17th, 2001, 09:25 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by eedmond:
Guess I will be buying AMD chips from now on then. If it can be disabled by Software it can be re-enabled by software (IE Virus). Thanks for the info.
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This is no large conspiracy for tracking individuals, but simply a security option/user identity safegaurd, mostly unused due to all the negative flack...wouldn't it be nice to set your online banking to only allow changes from a cpu with a certain S/N?
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March 17th, 2001, 12:46 PM
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Yeah, until the CPU dies.
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March 17th, 2001, 07:36 PM
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CPU dies or stolen or upgrade or loads of other fates to choose from.
Pity it sounded like a good idea then again so many cock ups sounded like a good idea at the time. Dual processor problems ? please drop me a mail as i would like to know out of interest
Advance VS civil rights and freedom of speech liking being anonymous - coul sites be locked to those without chip id on ?
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March 19th, 2001, 05:46 AM
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What about Microsoft and those damn Product Keys then? They say that we'll need an online registration when we install their future products.
I guess this would be a disadvantage about Wintel systems in the future.
Just a though off topic...
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March 20th, 2001, 03:08 PM
#10
Despite the turning off of the id numbers they can still track us. two words
MAC address, unchagedable unique number set to every modem and nic.
They are still watching us!!!!!
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March 21st, 2001, 01:39 AM
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And of course IP addresses!
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