> DRM and TC can be used in useful ways, again it is not the > technology, it is the use of the technology that can be good > or bad. > > What are these useful ways one can use DRM and TC? The whole > point of TC and DRM is after all to prohibit a user from updating > their software, or from listining to their favourite song on > their music player of choice. I cannot see anything useful about > these things.
That's because you have limited imagination I guess. Quite possible. TC and DRM are simply mechanisms, you could use a TC enabled machine to sign your own binaries so that you are sure nobody can take over your machine and run a different kernel. Same for DRM, you can use it for your own stuff. This is the exact case I stated, prohibiting others from updating their software. It is one thing to _verify_ the binary, and still allow it to run, and another to simply say `You're bad! Go away bad person!'; and this is exactly what DRM/TC does. Signing binaries is a great way to check their integrity, but that doesn't mean that one shouldn't be able to run unverifiable binaries. So I still don't see how DRM/TC can be a useful thing. Do you leave your machine passwordless with all files set to 777 ? I actually do. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
