Re: [fsfc-discuss] Technological measures in a land of myth and a time of magic

[Russell McOrmond]

On 12-03-27 08:53 AM, David Dawson wrote:
> An analogy to TPM
> If TPM is considered to be a sort of bullet-proof jacket

  Not sure this deals with the real-world scenario, rather than what 
the vendor marketing material claims.


  The technological measures are applied to our devices by someone 
other than the owner.  It is illegal for us to unlock our devices in 
order to implement our own security policy, or to unlock content such 
that it is interoperable with the devices we own.   People are being 
forced to use non-owner locked devices if they wish to participate in 
culture (today to access popular entertainment, and likely soon 
communicate on popular social media sites, etc).


  It is more like a bullet attraction jacket.  We are forced to wear 
these jackets by a law which ties our right to leave our homes and 
participate in every-day life (communicate with others, participate in 
culture, etc) with wearing such a jacket.  Rather than protecting the 
person wearing them they have a magnetic pull which would attract 
bullets that would otherwise miss us, making us more vulnerable to guns 
than we would be otherwise.  Not only is it illegal for us to remove 
these jackets in public, but it is illegal for us to wear bullet-proof 
jackets in order to protect ourselves from attraction jackets or bullets 
in general.



  Suggesting that technological measures "protect" someone (copyright 
holders, or anyone else) rather than making all concerned more 
vulnerable (other than anti-competitive benefits to device 
manufacturers) is to be discussing the science-fiction version of these 
technologies.


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