fleblebleb Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Yeah, right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoboy Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Yeah, right As in you don't believe they could do this, or "Yeah, right" I won't let them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Yeah, like I don't think they'd do this right. And if it worked, I'd be scared... very, very scared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleblebleb Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 Yeah, right, people are going to stand for this. I hope. Actually, the real entertainment comes out of contemplating how people would react if the government proposed to put a backdoor on every processor, and comparing that with the apparent reaction to the equivalent proposal by Microsoft, Intel, the RIAA, etc. Fun stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothrop Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Some 14-year-old from Finland will have the thing cracked in two days. Scary shit, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleblebleb Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 It's strong crypto with keys embedded in hardware. The 16 year old from Norway had a somewhat easier time because a software DVD player vendor embedded the unencrypted keys in software (oops). As far as I know all he did was download the binary, extract the keys and include them in his own code. The attitude of "who cares, they'll never get the engineering right" only leads to sitting on our asses while the technology and the legal aspects get ironed out. Intel has a history of getting the engineering right, and Microsoft does too - you can complain about bugs in Microsoft software but there is no real incentive for them to write bug-free software. There is an incentive to maintain a healthy market for new versions and updates though. Some fun reading for you, courtesy of Stallman and others - 1, 2, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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