-- On 3 Jul 2002 at 10:48, xganon wrote: > Do you really think that DRM systems could eliminate cypherpunk > applications? Have you thought this through in detail? Please > expand on it.
The system as specified is harmless, because it can run anyone's code, and thus can run napster like applications (break once, copy everywhere.) It also has many useful and valuable privacy protecting applications. However it is a system and set of institutions that can validate that properly authorized code is running, and thus with a relatively minor change can ensure that ONLY properly authorized code may be run -- (Hey, we will protect you from all viruses, and all poorly written code, and all code that facilitates anti social behavior.) It is disturbingly similar to a system that is not harmless. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG RSKjGT73BB+nfEj0qtX0sn0B+4QQ71DrX+4wNum/ 2k5arIOwIFz87qvNido6QITyV6Mpu6esId/LUiBWq