This video nails it:
The industry’s interpretation of the trusted computing idea is … to find
threats and to make computing trustworthier. The main difference is
that you cannot decide by your own what is trustworthy, and what is
not. Because they already decided for you. And they already decided not
to trust you. So, if they don’t trust you, why should you trust them?
thanks to The Long Blonde Tail
Here is the Wikipedia entry on trusted computing and here the excellent FAQ by Ross Anderson that helped me understand the attitudes behind TCPA and its threat.
