What he proposes would be quite legal in the USA even if part of the firmware is encrypted. Breaking DMCA-protected encryption for interoperability is explicitly allowed.
> "Debian's decision to include Mono in the default installation..."
Mono is not included in the Debian "default installation". It is merely pulled in by one of the several "tasks" that the user may (or may not) choose to select. The Debian "default installation" -- all pacakges of "standard" or higher priority -- does not even include X.
> The Copyright Act provides for no civil penalty for falsely claiming ownership of public > domain materials. There is also no remedy under the Act for individuals who wrongly > refrain from legal copying or who make payment for permission to copy something they are > in fact entitled to use for free.
This is because it isn't under the Act at all, nor should it be. It is ordinary fraud and should be prosecuted as such. The fact that the Act provides no penalties for it does not mean that nothing can be done.
> Why would anyone spend huge sums of $ on a mainframe and the scarce mainframe > programmers to keep it running, just to run a virtualized copy of linux?
So that you can run ten thousand copies of linux. Virtualized at the hardware level.
> So while a government _could_ probably bully a registry into signing a forged > certificate for your domain name, it would at least be publicly visible that "your" key > had changed.
That's not what I meant. I was wondering how easily they could manipulate it to gain additional control over the Net.
Two possibilites: a) They might decide that the number of people able to deal with encryption is too small to matter. b) They may decide to block encrypted downloads.
No, no. A failed state is one where the government is unable to stop people from doing things without permission. Censoring the Net proves that they have the power to control everything. Control is their measure of success.
> The world has gone mad.
The world has always been mad. Otherwise we would have neither government nor religion.
Wrong. The whole point of homomorphic encryption is that everything remains encrypted throughout the process including the output. Only the client can read the results.
All the data and all the results remain encrypted so that only the client can read the results. That is the point. Read about homomorphic encryption here
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> ...they've removed the ability to do any kind of hacking.
No they haven't. They've just stopped providing a convenient kit.
What he proposes would be quite legal in the USA even if part of the firmware is encrypted. Breaking DMCA-protected encryption for interoperability is explicitly allowed.
> "Debian's decision to include Mono in the default installation..."
Mono is not included in the Debian "default installation". It is merely pulled in by one of the several "tasks" that the user may (or may not) choose to select. The Debian "default installation" -- all pacakges of "standard" or higher priority -- does not even include X.
Of course, due to local magnetic anomalies his compass is three degrees off and it's the wrong door...
> The Copyright Act provides for no civil penalty for falsely claiming ownership of public
> domain materials. There is also no remedy under the Act for individuals who wrongly
> refrain from legal copying or who make payment for permission to copy something they are
> in fact entitled to use for free.
This is because it isn't under the Act at all, nor should it be. It is ordinary fraud and should be prosecuted as such. The fact that the Act provides no penalties for it does not mean that nothing can be done.
> Why would anyone spend huge sums of $ on a mainframe and the scarce mainframe
> programmers to keep it running, just to run a virtualized copy of linux?
So that you can run ten thousand copies of linux. Virtualized at the hardware level.
> ...I could not get .ORG TLD officials to respond to questions about whether there was
> regulatory approval for their actions.
Are you saying that they may actually have done something *without permission*? Awful. Just awful.
> So while a government _could_ probably bully a registry into signing a forged
> certificate for your domain name, it would at least be publicly visible that "your" key
> had changed.
That's not what I meant. I was wondering how easily they could manipulate it to gain additional control over the Net.
> I wonder if they could just leave it in there until the next mission. It should come
> loose on orbit right?
It might also bust the window during the launch.
> As long as the glass isn't cracked, you're good.
And if the glass cracks during the launch?
Magnets for aluminum. Sure.
I know of no religion that denies the possibilty of extraterrestrial life.
> ...surf ebay with pitchforks...
I can understand how one might want to do that...
Why would they choke? They'd just take their time (moving products of major companies to the head of the line, of course).
Two possibilites:
a) They might decide that the number of people able to deal with encryption is too small to matter.
b) They may decide to block encrypted downloads.
Perhaps they plan to block any site that offers any unapproved games.
> Australia is a Failed State
No, no. A failed state is one where the government is unable to stop people from doing things without permission. Censoring the Net proves that they have the power to control everything. Control is their measure of success.
> The world has gone mad.
The world has always been mad. Otherwise we would have neither government nor religion.
> FARMS IN SPACE
This is Enceladus, not Ganymede.
> Now that's a usability nightmare when you can't even backspace to correct your errors.
Yes you can.
They not only can't look at the data, they can't look at the results of the analysis. Only you can. That's the point.
Homomorphic encryption does not give you any such ability.
Wrong. The whole point of homomorphic encryption is that everything remains encrypted throughout the process including the output. Only the client can read the results.
All the data and all the results remain encrypted so that only the client can read the results. That is the point. Read about homomorphic encryption here
Everything remains encrypted throughout the process, including the output. Only the client can read the results. That is the point.