At 01:50 PM -0500 06/11/2005, Bill Judson wrote:
> At 07:18 PM -0500 06/09/2005, Bill Judson wrote:
Great, so now when somebody cracks your machine, even software patches will
not help you!
If you break a CD, you don't get a new one for free. So why should
> you expect a free recovery when your computer is gakked?
Yeah, I wasn't necessarily thinking about "free", I was thinking about
"possible"...if this machine's software, drive formating, & firmware can be
altered without the owner's consent, by some creep -- or some corp.
People have been ripping each other off for millennia. As better
locks are invented, the hamburglers get better picks. SSDD.
Bottom line: Keep good backups. And remember that the term "backup"
must, like always, be considered in its larger sense. You not only
need backups of your data, you need to protect the receipts and
serial numbers of the products you use - the "proof of purchase" as
it were. Without them, you have no grounds for expecting any sort of
recovery.
there apparently is a facility in the Pentium D that *builds in* the
vulnerablity, for "legitimate"DRM
Arguments about the "legitimacy" of any DRM schema aside, this is no big deal.
One way or another, on this planet, you are tracked. Be it by IP,
MAC, processor id, tax id, social security number, phone number, or
DNA sequence. Get used to it.
And one way or another, on this planet, you are controlled. Be it by
regulation, law, or threat of tactical nuclear strike. Get used to
it.
but it can also be used for many other things, once the code is
cracked. Like spying on you, or erasing warez you aren't supposed to
have, or *are* supposed to have, or controlling your machine
remotely -- & there's nothing you or anybody else can do about it.
Whoa. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to
get you. Or something like that. Maybe you should keep your illegal
content tucked away under your mattress?
Practice safe computing, lock your doors, and turn on the porch light.
...& I bet that's the chip Apple chooses in order to keep the OS from being
hacked & lifted onto commodity PCs!
Yes. That's how they're going to do it. Apple is going to dedicate
massive amounts of engineering time to Intel's cutsie DRM scheme.
That way Apple will be locked into using only those Intel processors
that have that scheme built-in. ROFLMAO.
Apple is going to continue to design their own systems - motherboard
and ASICs included. That means OS X is going to contain drivers and
whatnot that use *Apple*'s implementation of the motherboard. OS X
simply won't "understand" the interconnects and controllers on
regular PC motherboards.
Now, let's face it, any software can be hacked. It just depends on
how much time and effort you're willing to put into the project. So
whatever Apple does to lock Mac OS X to their own motherboards will
be an ongoing effort...
- Dan.
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