In the computing industry's decades-old arms race against hackers and pirates, the bad guys continually find and exploit holes in security software, and the good guys rush in to patch them. Now for the first time, companies are rolling out a hardware-based security technology that promises to change the fundamental architecture of the personal computer. Whether the security technology threatens users' control over their own software and data, however, remains a hotly contested concern.

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