Trusted Platform Module: Difference between revisions

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*[[Software license]] protection & enforcement

Other uses exist, some of which give rise to [[privacy]] concerns. The "physical presence" feature of the TPM addresses some of these concerns by requiring that userBIOS-level confirmation for operations such as activating, deactivating, clearing or changing ownership of the TPM by someone who is physically present at the console of the machine.<ref name="TCPA">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=EWk2pLY7atgC|title=Trusted computing platforms:sds TCPA technology in context|author=Siani Pearson, Boris Balacheff|publisher=Prentice Hall|year=2002|isbn=0130092207}}</ref><ref name="SetPhysicalPresenceRequest">{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa376478(VS.85).aspx|title=SetPhysicalPresenceRequest Method of the Win32_Tpm Class|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|accessdate=2009-06-12}}</ref>

The TPM is also known by the name of the (former) [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] [[Fritz Hollings|Ernest "Fritz" Hollings]]. The name, "Fritz chip" was coined by [[Ross J. Anderson (professor)|Professor Ross Anderson]], author of "Security Engineering" and Professor at the [[University of Cambridge]] <ref>{{cite web