Read this book. Code and other laws of cyberspace by Lawrence Lessig, ISBN 046503912X, covers this very important topic very well, and the future looks pretty grim. Must read. The only law book I ever read, and I enjoyed it. It is a call to action for all interested parties, unless we rally now, the future of privacy and the internet is gloomy indeed.
There is a difference between the way the IETF does things and the way Intel and Microsoft do things. If one is concerned about issues like the MAC address becoming the host identifier in IPv6 - as it has alway been in IPX - on could have participated in the - very long, detailed - debate over the specification. Maybe no one is concerned about this because it is a non-issue. Nothing like trying to create controversy on a slow news day, eh?
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Read this book. Code and other laws of cyberspace by Lawrence Lessig, ISBN 046503912X, covers this very important topic very well, and the future looks pretty grim. Must read. The only law book I ever read, and I enjoyed it. It is a call to action for all interested parties, unless we rally now, the future of privacy and the internet is gloomy indeed.
There is a difference between the way the IETF does things and the way Intel and Microsoft do things. If one is concerned about issues like the MAC address becoming the host identifier in IPv6 - as it has alway been in IPX - on could have participated in the - very long, detailed - debate over the specification. Maybe no one is concerned about this because it is a non-issue. Nothing like trying to create controversy on a slow news day, eh?
Here's a link that will work: http://cryptome.org/qc-grover.htm