Re: [dvd-discuss] Hackers = terrorists, an analysis

[Michael.A.Rolenz(at)aero.org]

Add to that Att. Gen Ashcroft, Sen Feinstein, Sen Thompson et al who 
desire to have "backdoors" put into all encryption so the government can 
crack it we wind up with a situation where the government has to be able 
to crack it but nobody else can even look at it or else they get 
prosecuted.....Hmmmm....could get to be an interesting world when "juvies" 
discover that they can crack all this stuff themselves and unlike their 
adult compatriots can't go to jail......"Oh how I wish we were kids 
again...." <German Caberet song  circa 1920s>

BTW- Does anybody have any idea what Ashcroft, Feinstein etc THINK a 
"backdoor" is? Technically? How they think it operates? They keep calling 
for them but I really wonder what they really think they are.




"John Zulauf" <johnzu@ia.nsc.com>
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Chris Moseng wrote:
> 
> It seems that maybe we anti-copyright, pro-privacy internet libertarians
> have more in common with terrorists than we'd care to admit. Coming from
> Salon, I am not quick to deride this as more war propaganda--it's an
> interesting synthesis of the facts.
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/09/26/osama_bin_napster/index.html
> 
> "Strange but true: The rules of engagement in "America's New War" have a
> great deal in common with the content wars of the last few years. The 
RIAA
> and the MPAA -- the FBI and the CIA of the entertainment industries -- 
have
> been involved in extended legal battles with the music traders and 
software
> hackers of the world, and the strategies they have employed show some
> striking parallels to recent American anti-terrorist strategic thought. 
"


With the anti-encryption laws, all legal cyphers will be no better than
CSS -- does HDCP need a backdoor, and if it has one, you'll be able to
measure the time to crack it with an egg timer.  Expect more vigor from
the MPA on DMCA type laws.  The are going to build their business models
with threads from the Emporers new clothes, and make removing the
blindfold illegal.

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