On 26 September 2011 20:29, Jonas de Buhr <jonas.de.b...@gmx.net> wrote: >>> between a fully-signed system (Windows 9 / OS XI or so) or a cracked >>> boot, with little in the way of switching between the two, at least >>> initially >> >>And you really need not worry about it, some geek (Torvalds?) will >>surely find out a way. > > yes, there will most likely be a technical way to circumvent it. the > problem is that involved companies might try (and likely succeed) to > make that illegal.
Unfortunately, under the DMCA, breaking any encryption / copy-protection mechanism is illegal under US copyright law of all things (and by extension, globally :-/ ). I listened to a pretty interesting debate about this related to the "Right to Repair" act in the States, which relates to the right to access car firmware / software. The consensus seems to be that the pitifully easy-to-crack encryption is only there so that the software becomes covered by the DMCA. What a mess.
