Re: "Enclosed shops" Re: HTML5 and DRM - A Middle Path?

On 2013-08-20 10:46 Mark Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:43 AM, cobaco <cobaco@freemen.be> wrote:
> > On 2013-08-20 09:45 David Singer wrote:
> > > On Aug 20, 2013, at 5:11 , Rick <graham.rick@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'm sorry, then I misunderstood, and I still don't understand what the
> > > relationship is between EME, and the problem of the extent you can be
> > > monitored/tracked online.
> > > 
> > > > It seems that if you live in the US, you can get a "Security Letter"
> > 
> > that
> > 
> > > > you must comply with and discuss with no one or you spend 5 years in
> > > > jail.  Do not pass go, do not collect $200.00
> > > 
> > > And the relevance to this EME discussion is…?
> > 
> > in as far as there is any relevance it would be that you can't trust black
> > boxes, especially from US companies (who might be forced with a national
> > security letter), and CDM's are black boxes
> 
> So are plugins. What's the difference ?

none, which is why EME is a red herring solving nothing, it's posturing to get 
the black box stamped 'standards-based' 

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Cheers, cobaco

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