Schneier on Security
A weblog covering security and security technology.
May 04, 2006
Who Owns Your Computer?
When technology serves its owners, it is liberating. When it is
designed to serve others, over the owner's objection, it is
oppressive. There's a battle raging on your computer right now --
one that pits you against worms and viruses, Trojans, spyware,
automatic update features and digital rights management
technologies. It's the battle to determine who owns your computer.
You own your computer, of course. You bought it. You paid for
it. But how much control do you really have over what happens on
your machine? Technically you might have bought the hardware and
software, but you have less control over what it's doing behind
the scenes.
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/05/who_owns_your_c.html
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