Trusted Computing? Yes or No

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shmerl · 2014-06 · Recommendation

It's really simple. Trust is a mutual relation. I.e. since DRM always views users as potential criminals, it's natural always to view DRM as potential malware (and thus a security threat). Here it's put in easy to understand terms: [VIDEO] Practice proves that point spectacularly, because DRM always has an overreaching unethical nature (since it's an overreaching preemptive policing which uses the logic of presumption of guilt). As the Sony exec voiced the core idea behind DRM: > We will develop technology that transcends the individual user. We will firewall Napster at source - we will block it at your cable company. We will block it at your phone company. We will block it at your ISP. We will firewall it at your PC... These strategies are being aggressively pursued because there is simply too much at stake. (See [LINK] ). I.e. overreaching nature of DRM straight from the DRM proponents mouth. And it applies to all DRM by its very definition.

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IYasha · 2023-05 · Reference

Good? It was never intended to do so. ) Also, made me remember (once again) decade old presentation on TPM: [VIDEO]

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squiffsquiff · 2022-07 · Criticism

Sure it's fantastic in a corporate environment. Not so fantastic for personal devices. Basically this: [VIDEO]

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