Re:Electrons are electrons (Score 1)

Now, maybe a chip that only executes signed bytecode could do something like this. But then development would be essentially impossible and there would be no programs for that achitecture (and if you give developers the private key, it will be public in seconds; hell I'd do it!!).

Why couldn't some central organization (I'm sure MS would jump at the chance) simply sign developer's keys? No one would need to know "the private key". If a developer wrote an app that violated the agreement they signed when they had their public key signed, The Man would know exactly who to go after.

On the other hand, I'm not sure what the incentive would be for hardware vendors to build such a thing... but it's definately possible.