Re: HDTV geektalk - (was: Voip teleophony - Anyone know Packet-8 or others)?

2005-12-18 Thread Ben Scott
On 12/14/05, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> You would do this with signed code and a crypto provider. >> Yah, we've seen how well that works for MSIE and ActiveX. :-P > > I know you're not crazy ... Debatable. > ... so we'll assume that's doubly facetious and > you're not hold

Re: HDTV geektalk - (was: Voip teleophony - Anyone know Packet-8 or others)?

2005-12-14 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Dec 14, 2005, at 19:57, Ben Scott wrote: So I assume your remark was intended to be about something more, yes? :) Yes, the ability to hack the hardware you own. You would do this with signed code and a crypto provider. Yah, we've seen how well that works for MSIE and ActiveX. :-P I

Re: HDTV geektalk - (was: Voip teleophony - Anyone know Packet-8 or others)?

2005-12-14 Thread Ben Scott
On 12/14/05, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 14, 2005, at 15:02, Ben Scott wrote: >> On 12/14/05, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> ... (or even better - Java) ... >> >> Oh, great, as if PCs full of spyware aren't bad enough. > > Do cable boxes have spyware problems

HDTV geektalk - (was: Voip teleophony - Anyone know Packet-8 or others)?

2005-12-14 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Dec 14, 2005, at 15:02, Ben Scott wrote: ... (or even better - Java) ... Oh, great, as if PCs full of spyware aren't bad enough. Do cable boxes have spyware problems? You would do this with signed code and a crypto provider. You have basically three choices: 1) cable card as