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		aik on Dec 18, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel to introduce processor with remote kill swit... So how exactly does killing the cpu keep hard drive contents from being read? I'm sure there's a piece of technology I'm missing here. Is the computer hardware somehow involved in the hd bit encryption (on encrypted hard drives)?

burgerbrain on Dec 18, 2010 [–]

Exactly. It seems to me like any problem this solves (hardware being stolen) could be solved even more effectively with insurance.

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