Re: "DRM is a security problem" Re: Call for support for 'citizens to fight back against online censorship and surveillance' and to have a vote on the 'web we want'

I support this
+1


2013/12/16 Andreas Kuckartz <a.kuckartz@ping.de>

> David Singer:
> > you continue to confuse surveillance and DRM; the fact that you don’t
> > like either does not, in fact, make them the same or even related
> > problems.
>
> I disagree with much of what Fred Andrews wrote. But this statement is
> correct:
>
> >> DRM is a security problem that would take away citizens control of
> >> their own computer and would be a vector for commercial and state
> >> actors to compromised citizens privacy.
>
> DRM can in practice not be implemented using copyleft FOSS licenses and
> proprietary software generally is less trustworthy than FOSS. As Bruce
> Schneier wrote:
>
> "Closed-source software is easier for the NSA to backdoor than
> open-source software."
>
> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-remain-secure-surveillance
>
> And to make this even worse some jurisdictions have made it illegal to
> disassemble or reverse engineer DRM software.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management#Laws_regarding_DRM
>
> And we all remember what perhaps is the most well known DRM software so
> far, the Sony BMG rootkit, do we?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
>
> I suggest to move this discussion to public-restrictedmedia@w3.org where
> it belongs.
>
> Cheers,
> Andreas
>
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