My analogy is indeed to the science-fiction version of these technologies. Your answer illustrates that very well. Regrettably, I did not make that clear. You have done so now.
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 09:53:55AM -0400, Russell McOrmond wrote: > > 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. > > > -- > Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> > Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property > rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition! > http://l.c11.ca/ict > > "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware > manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or > portable media player from my cold dead hands!" > > _______________________________________________ > fsfc-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfc-discuss -- David Dawson VE7HP VE7HDC IRC: (Freenode) VE7HP _______________________________________________ fsfc-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfc-discuss
