Will trusted computing actually improve security? The Sony DRM debacle showed that our trusted vendors can't be trusted; is there any hope that other companies will learn from that lesson?

Will vendors stop writing insane EULA clauses that can't possibly be enforced in court?

Will PKI and digital certificates actually help security when widely deployed?

Will two-factor authentication improve banking security, or will the hackers and malware just move to other vectors, as I think they will?

What am I doing in 2006, you ask? First, I'm going to start playing more with my Ubuntu Linux install. Ubuntu is a user-friendly Linux distro based on Debian, and comes with a superb GUI, Firefox, and Open Office preloaded. It's often described as the Linux for the Windows crowd. Now comes the tough decision: Do I blow away my Knoppix, FreeBSD, or Fedora partition to make room?