DRMs vs internet privacy (Re: Ross's TCPA paper)

2002-06-26 Thread Adam Back
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 03:57:15PM -0400, C Wegrzyn wrote: > If a DRM system is based on X.509, according to Brand I thought you could > get anonymity in the transaction. Wouldn't this accomplish the same thing? I don't mean that you would necessarily have to correlate your viewing habits with yo

TCPA / Palladium FAQ (was: Re: Ross's TCPA paper)

2002-06-26 Thread Ross Anderson
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Re: Ross's TCPA paper

2002-06-26 Thread Adam Back
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 10:01:00AM -0700, bear wrote: > As I see it, we can get either privacy or DRM, > but there is no way on Earth to get both. > [...] Hear, hear! First post on this long thread that got it right. Not sure what the rest of the usually clueful posters were thinking! DRM syst

Re: privacy <> digital rights management

2002-06-26 Thread RL 'Bob' Morgan
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Donald Eastlake 3rd wrote: > "Privacy", according to the usual definitions, involve controlling the > spread of information by persons autorized to have it. Contrast with > secrecy which primarily has to do with stopping the spread of > information through the actions of tho

Re: privacy <> digital rights management

2002-06-26 Thread John S. Denker
I wrote: > > Perhaps we are using > > wildly divergent notions of "privacy" Donald Eastlake 3rd wrote: > You are confusing privacy with secrecy That's not a helpful remark. My first contribution to this thread called attention to the possibility of wildly divergent notions of "privacy". Als

Re: privacy <> digital rights management

2002-06-26 Thread Ben Laurie
Donald Eastlake 3rd wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, John S. Denker wrote: > > >>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 22:21:36 -0400 >>From: John S. Denker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: Dan Geer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], >> [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: privacy <> digital righ

Re: Ross's TCPA paper

2002-06-26 Thread Barney Wolff
Do you really mean that if I'm a business, you can force me to deal with you even though you refuse to supply your real name? Not acceptable. I won't give up the right NOT to do business with anonymous customers, or anyone else with whom I choose not to do business. The point about DRM, if I und

H2K2 panels announced - July 12-14 NYC

2002-06-26 Thread ash
Folks, H2K2 is the next in the line of New York City hackerconferences organized by volunteers and 2600. Panels of particular interest to this list might include "Crypto for the Masses," "Databases and Privacy," "Educating Lawmakers - Is It Possible?," and "Secure Telephony." Hope to see you all

Ross's TCPA paper [please submit]

2002-06-26 Thread Stefek Zaba
At the end of describing an "end of the GPL as we know it. Film at 11." scenario, Ross asks: > Can anyone from HP comment on whether this is actually their plan? I "can't", in the sense of not being an Official HP Spokesdroid; but I'd very much like to, being known to a good few of you, and havi

Re: Ross's TCPA paper

2002-06-26 Thread pasward
I'm slightly confused about this. My understanding of contract law is that five things are required to form a valid contract: offer and acceptance, mutual intent, consideration, capacity, and lawful intent. It seems to me that a click-through agreement is likely to fail on at least one, and poss

RE: Ross's TCPA paper

2002-06-26 Thread bear
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Scott Guthery wrote: >Privacy abuse is first and foremost the failure >of a digital rights management system. A broken >safe is not evidence that banks shouldn't use >safes. It is only an argument that they shouldn't >use the safe than was broken. > >I'm hard pressed to i

Re: Ross's TCPA paper

2002-06-26 Thread Ted Lemon
> I'm hard pressed to imagine what privacy without > DRM looks like. Perhaps somebody can describe > a non-DRM privacy management system. On the other > hand, I easily can imagine how I'd use DRM > technology to manage my privacy. Oh please, this is absurd. How hard is it to violate my privac