New Technology ending Hardware Piracy?

I just read an interesting article on a new hardware technology that – the patent owner hope – would end piracy on Integrated Circuits. Obviously, piracy s not only a software problem……

New Tech Fights Chip Piracy With Virtual Lock and Key

Roger

P.S: Pretty bad is the typo in the first paragraph: A new technology unveiled Wednesday aims to prevent hardware privacy by protecting microchips with the virtual equivalent of an embedded "lock" that can be opened only by the patent owner. Are they use they mean Privacy and not Piracy J????