Trusted Computing Group

The Trusted Computing Group is a group formed in 2003¹ as the successor to the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance which was previously formed in 1999 to implement Trusted Computing concepts across personal computers. Members include Intel, AMD, IBM, Microsoft, and Cisco. The core idea of trusted computing is to give hardware manufacturers control over what software does and does not run on a system by refusing to run unsigned software.

The Trusted Computing Group is a group formed in 2003 as the successor to the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance which was previously formed in 1999 to implement Trusted Computing concepts across personal computers. Members include Intel, AMD, IBM, Microsoft, and Cisco. The core idea of trusted computing is to give hardware manufacturers control over what software does and does not run on a system by refusing to run unsigned software.

Criticism

The group historically faced opposition from the free software community on the grounds that the technology had a negative impact on the users' privacy and can create customer lock-in, especially if it is used to create DRM applications. It received criticism from the Linux and FreeBSD communities, as well as the software development community in general.

ISO standardization

In 2009, ISO/IEC release trusted platform module standards ISO/IEC 11889-1:2009 Information technology—Trusted Platform Module—Part 1: Overview ISO/IEC 11889-2:2009 Information technology—Trusted Platform Module—Part 2: Design principles ISO/IEC 11889-3:2009 Information technology—Trusted Platform Module—Part 3: Structures ISO/IEC 11889-4:2009 Information technology—Trusted Platform Module—Part 4: Commands

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