On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> The folks I've talked to are beginning to realise that "robust" means
> a tamperproof IC with only analog links to the outside world except
> for an encrypted imput stream. Watch for a chip vendor announcement in
> that kind of area in the next week or two
>
> Alan
>
These chips and the new VLSI (nano) era can implement scary devices.
This is the dream of the 'programmed obsolescence' from the
"marketeers useless folks depto.".
Completed self-contained "Closed Devices(gadgets)" prone to become
obsolete at will (their convenience) impossible to repair.
Use and discard. (Pay-per-Use [to see what they want you to see
embeded in the 'programs']) - "streaming" technology as a "better"
service to "users".
Scary control of media. Propaganda. Tons of money from controlling
the "formats" and distribution of advertising.
The hierarchical structure of "digital" distribution will make
this game the most profitable ever. The super-class will have
total control of the ads, ideas and 'opinions'.
Influence. (essentially not so far from present media corps.)
This "gadgets" with "wireless" "technology" if cheap enough and
"easy-to-use" enough can virtually kill every sort of conceivable
media developed so far.
>From home users to cars, individuals and whatever, devices like this
can make all these terms ("robust", "trusted", "free", "marketplace")
just vain words of the whole juris-financial model. Panacea.
Scary thing due to the level of media control it can implement.
Abracos
PCastro
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