- From: Andreas Kuckartz <A.Kuckartz@ping.de>
- Date: 12 Jul 2013 19:14:20 +0200
- To: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
Karl Dubost: > How much I dislike both > * DRM/EME > * The spying going on citizens > > I would like we avoid to mix things which are slightly orthogonal for > their application domains. Yes closed softwares are an opportunity > for abusing the trust of users, but that is intrinsically true of all > closed softwares for ANY W3C or other standards organizations > specifications. EME is first time that the W3C knowingly pushes the development of a "standard" which is intended to be used as an interface for closed source executables. And these DRM-executables have the additional property that in many jurisdictions it is *illegal* to find out what those executables are doing. These are ideal conditions for surveillance-malware. According to the recent reports Microsoft is not only closely and secretly collaborating with the NSA but also lied about that to the world population. I do think that this all taken together is of first-order significance for the further treatment of EME both within and outside the W3C. This substantiates these issues which have been created months ago (I think they are duplicates): EME results in a loss of control over security and privacy. https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=20965 EME design trivializes the demanded loss of control of security and privacy demanded. https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=20966 Cheers, Andreas
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