[conspire] Ehhh... Linux image problem, ya think?

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

On Tue, 23 May 2006 20:51:10 -0700, Rick Moen wrote:

> Quoting Daniel Gimpelevich (daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us):
> 
>> Sounds rather like TC to me...
> 
> "Trusted Computing" [sic] is where your computer will do only what some
> corporate baron permits it to (at least, in the operating mode where
> it's allowed access to data of interest).  I spoke merely of signed
> packages, and schemes for the local admin to vet those signatures.  
> (If you don't like that, you'll hate Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, etc.)

Basically the "Are you sure you want to use unknown software?" prompt with
"Yes" disabled. If "Yes" is disabled through user intimidation rather than
code, the net effect is almost the same.