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On 26 September 2011 20:29, Jonas de Buhr <jonas.de.buhr@×××.net> wrote: |
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>>> between a fully-signed system (Windows 9 / OS XI or so) or a cracked |
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>>> boot, with little in the way of switching between the two, at least |
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>>> initially |
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>> |
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>>And you really need not worry about it, some geek (Torvalds?) will |
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>>surely find out a way. |
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> yes, there will most likely be a technical way to circumvent it. the |
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> problem is that involved companies might try (and likely succeed) to |
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> make that illegal. |
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Unfortunately, under the DMCA, breaking any encryption / |
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copy-protection mechanism is illegal under US copyright law of all |
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things (and by extension, globally :-/ ). I listened to a pretty |
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interesting debate about this related to the "Right to Repair" act in |
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the States, which relates to the right to access car firmware / |
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software. The consensus seems to be that the pitifully easy-to-crack |
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encryption is only there so that the software becomes covered by the |
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DMCA. What a mess. |
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