"The PSN [the unique identity number on each of Intel's new Pentium chips] is the greatest threat to the privacy of the American consumer since the Social Security number. Intel must permanently disable the PSN in its chips or go down in history as the company that cost Americans their anonymity in cyberspace."
- Jason Catlett, president of Junkbusters.
"My feeling is today with the Internet, and especially with cookies, all that information is available anyhow. A serial number is the least of your challenges. You have to trade off the benefit that the chip gives against the risks."
- Marc Sokal of Computer Associates.
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