The way I look at it, is the first good thing is its being spread around (the info about TCPA that is..) but I hope the public plays its cards right that there wont be a need to crack it because of the outcry its sure to generate. In effect with TCPA you dont owm your computer, what other industry could do something like this? GM still having remote control over your car even after it leaves the lot? I would hope the protests will be so loud, theyll be froced to eiether change it ALOT or totally give up as if TCPA is integrated into hardware (IE a CPU) I simply would not buy another computer that had that in it, and thats a good opertunity for more CPU manufcactures to open up. Nows the best time to protest it tho Id say, so get to work :P