The only way to prevent cracking is if the processor's computation takes place at company's "server". As long as the actual processing is done on the client side, the server isn't even needed. The cracker only needs one legitimate chip with one legitimate key, to witness the proper functioning of the chip. Then the chip's basic functionality can be recreated in a new design, without any encryption or server.
This is basic stuff...
The real story is how engineers at Rice University and the University of Michigan got such a story into the news.
1. The lawmakers mean well, but don't understand the technology or the implications of this law.
2. They are deliberately transferring power from the Judicial Branch to the Executive Branch in order to appear "tough" on crime. When it's impractical to enforce a law that is broken by many people, the Executive Branch doesn't enforce it, unless they need an excuse to bust someone they don't like, or to search someone they're suspicious of. This gap between what is commonly enforced and what CAN be enforced, I like to call "The Facade of Law" as opposed to "The Rule of Law".
As long as the masses believe they are safe and the system is just, they won't riot/revolt. "Justice" is just an illusion to provide political and economic stability to a group of social (and hence moral) animals. (In my opinion)
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The only way to prevent cracking is if the processor's computation takes place at company's "server". As long as the actual processing is done on the client side, the server isn't even needed. The cracker only needs one legitimate chip with one legitimate key, to witness the proper functioning of the chip. Then the chip's basic functionality can be recreated in a new design, without any encryption or server. This is basic stuff... The real story is how engineers at Rice University and the University of Michigan got such a story into the news.
I see 2 possibilities:
1. The lawmakers mean well, but don't understand the technology or the implications of this law.
2. They are deliberately transferring power from the Judicial Branch to the Executive Branch in order to appear "tough" on crime. When it's impractical to enforce a law that is broken by many people, the Executive Branch doesn't enforce it, unless they need an excuse to bust someone they don't like, or to search someone they're suspicious of. This gap between what is commonly enforced and what CAN be enforced, I like to call "The Facade of Law" as opposed to "The Rule of Law".
As long as the masses believe they are safe and the system is just, they won't riot/revolt. "Justice" is just an illusion to provide political and economic stability to a group of social (and hence moral) animals. (In my opinion)