The Choice Between DRM and Security

gormanly writes "Victor Yodaiken has an article up on Groklaw in which he discusses how DRM may decrease security and reliability. He raises several questions that the developers of DRM technologies ought to answer - because not all computers are merely personal entertainment systems for 'content' consumers." From the article: "Sony BMG put DRM software onto CDs that broke the basic system security and made the entire system slower and less reliable. Imagine that your children put such a CD on your computer and opened an avenue for hackers to make copies of your business memos and personal email ... We are entering the era of ubiquitous and safety critical computing, but the developers of DRM technologies seem to believe that computers are nothing more than personal entertainment systems for consumers. This belief is convenient, because creating DRM mechanisms that respect security, safety, and reliability concerns is going to be an expensive and complex engineering task."

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Re:DRM is part of our war on terrorism.

[TheDoctorWho]

So if we talk negatively about DRM, we are abating the terrorists?

Like when we complain the troops don't have enought body armor, that supports the terrorists as well.

Like I said yesterday, the more more freedoms we take away from Americans, the less the terrorists will hate us, cause they hate our freedoms.