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The computer security paradox
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| But at the same time, your quest for what is your God given right makes you
| no friend of law enforcement. Your quest for security and privacy makes
| their job a lot harder. Of course if you're a good, law abiding citizen, you
| should have no problems with anyone from the TSA, Homeland Security, the
| police, or any other law enforcement branch diving through your personal
| files at will. Right?
|
| Wrong.
|
| Personal data is kept private for a reason. Your livelihood, your family,
| your bank accounts, personal history, medical history, and so much more can
| be contained in there. Trade secrets are another thing that you could be
| holding onto. Not in a bad way, but rather as part of what you do for a
| living. Your job could be at risk if those leak out. In short, even if you
| don't realize it, there's a lot of confidential data and copyrighted
| information on your computer that legally you either can't let other people
| see, or shouldn't. You may not think you have any, but in reality you do.
| Everyone has at least a little bit of it on their computer, and that data is
| worth protecting at all costs. The problem with that is, criminals have data
| they need to protect too.
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=412
The Farmer and the Nomad
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| Open source and implicitly the GPL (well explicitly but not everybody
| realizes it) question the very nature of property and ownership. If you’re
| skeptical, think about this: why are open source proponents almost always
| anti-DRM, always among the first ones to advocate for a free distribution of
| music, games and movies?
|
| Note that the point here is to offer a new set of glasses to look at the
| world, not to make a political statement. Besides, asking people about the
| nature of property usually transcends traditional barriers. In the US for
| instance, it’s almost impossible to infer people’s opinion just by knowing
| whether they are Republicans, Democrats or Libertarians. How property must be
| controlled or by whom, is subjected to political debates but the very nature
| of property seems to trigger such a very personal, emotional response that
| opinions largely eludes partisan cleavages.
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http://blog.milkingthegnu.org/2008/05/nomadism-open-s.html
With Windows, files are just 'rented'. DRM manages everything. It's phased in
gradually.
Related:
Avoid the Vista badge, it means DRM inside
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| The root of this crappy DRM infection is Microsoft. It is the driving
| force here. This has nothing to do with protecting content, as we
| keep pointing out, there has never been a single thing that has had
| a DRM infection applied that didn't end up cracked on the net in
| hours. DRM is about walled gardens and control.
|
| He who controls the DRM infection controls the market. DRM is
| about preventing you from doing anything with the devices
| without paying the gatekeeper a fee. This is what MS wants,
| nothing less than a slice of everything watched, listened to
| or discussed from now on. DRM prevents others from playing
| there, thanks to the DMCA and other anti-consumer laws.
|
| Make no mistake, MS is pushing the DRM malware as hard as
| it can so it can rake in money hand over fist with no
| competition. It is really good at lock-in, in fact, the firm
| based its entire business model on harming the user so they
| have to comply and spend more.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38926
DRM in Windows Vista
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| Windows Vista includes an array of "features" that you don't want.
| These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure.
| They'll make your computer less stable and run slower. They will
| cause technical support problems. They may even require you to
| upgrade some of your peripheral hardware and existing software.
| And these features won't do anything useful. In fact, they're
| working against you. They're digital rights management (DRM)
| features built into Vista at the behest of the entertainment
| industry.
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| And you don't get to refuse them.
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_windows.html
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