On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:59:53 -0400 John Ioannidis <j...@tla.org> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Sampo Syreeni <de...@iki.fi> wrote: > > > > Thus, why not turn the Trusted Computing idea on its head? Simply > > make P2P public key cryptography available to your customers, and > > then bind your hands behind your back in an Odysseian fasion, > > using hardware means? Simply make it impossible for even yourself > > to circumvent the best cryptographic protocol you can invent, > > which you embed in your device before ever unveiling it, and then > > just live with it? > > > > "Customers"? There is no profit in any manufacturer or provider to > build that kind of functionality.
Blackberry already more or less has that functionality, which disproves your hypothesis. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger pe...@piermont.com _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography