> And there will be lots of criminal prosecutions. Because breaking a
> digital lock is illegal in the US and soon also in Canada no matter what
> the purpose is. (Well, there are a few exceptions, but I haven't
> noticed installing Linux being one of them)
I wish it were that easy: enough prosecutions against people installing
GNU/Linux on their desktops would bring bad publicity to these
ridiculous laws.
The real problem is that the bad guys are finally learning about real
crypto, so breaking those digital locks is becoming *real* hard, so you
can't even break the law in a "civil disobedience" kind of way.
Stefan
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