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Just a few minutes ago I made two sad discoveries:
0) my notebook has a tc chip inside I bought a lenovo thinkpad r60 9456-HTG and it has a fingerprint reader. It contains a chip made by Atmel:
http://www.tonymcfadden.net/tpmvendors_arc.html#laptops
and this is from the datasheet: - -------------------------------------------------------- Security: Power-on password / hard disk password / supervisor password / security keyhole
Security chip: Trusted Platform Module / Atmel chip / TCG 1.2-compliant
Fingerprint reader: Fingerprint reader on palm rest / swipe sensor / integrated with security chip - --------------------------------------------------------------
1) my nokia n73 has symbian 9.1 operating system which has tc too.
http://www.symbian.com/files/rx/file6965.pdf - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Platform Security architecture The kernel and file server, and the software installer, are part of the Trusted Computing Base (TCB) and have unrestricted access to the device resources. They are responsible for maintaining the integrity of the device, and applying the fundamental rules of platform security. The rest of the operating system must trust them to behave correctly, and their code has consequently been very strictly reviewed. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------
I bought this one from ebay so I can't send it back to a shop.
I don't know what to do. I can't sell them, I can't crush them but I don't want to use them.
:(
I'm sad.
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