Re: DRM, Intel, Sony, virtualization and backdoors

From: Tony Nelson (*firstname*nlsnews_at_georgea*lastname*.com)
Date: 06/12/05

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    In article <VVuqe.25320$JX5.6304@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com>,
     forbin@dev.nul (Colonel Forbin) wrote:

    > In article <yf3wtp1wy8m.fsf@base.gp.example.com>,
    > Peter Grandi <pg_nh@0502.exp.sabi.UK> wrote:
    > >Some possibly engaging architectural trends may seem to emerge
    > >from some disparate but aligned trends...
    > >...
    > >
    > >In this fine picture of a happy future there is also an added
    > >bonus: the ''all your bases are belong to us'' effect, where
    > >''us'' is whoever has the ''keys'' to the hypervisor, especially
    > >if the hypervisor is remotely accessible as in Intel's AMT (and
    > >most likely also in the case of the Cell hypervisor).
    > >...
    > >
    > >Bah! Time will tell. In the meantime I guess we can all feel
    > >properly assured that companies like Intel, IBM, Sony, Apple and
    > >Microsoft and all the friendly agencies are benevolent and care
    > >very much about the best interests and freedoms and privacy of
    > >their subjects. :-)
    >
    > Heh, wait until "hackers" get hold of the hypervisor 'keys' and
    > the technology to exploit them. That'll likely put a quick stop
    > to Hollywood's dreams of media monopolism.

    By breaking into Intel / No Such Agency / other Three Letter Agency and
    stealing their private keys? The chips would have the public keys. (I
    expect that each agency would have its own key.) It might even be
    manageable to give each chip its own secretly hidden public keys, as
    well as publicly acknowledged private keys for which the public key for
    DRM is available, thus limiting the damage.

    > ...The media moguls have
    > never been able to successfully demonstrate that the people who
    > purchase/download "pirated" works would have paid to purchase
    > the same works from a legitimate source. Indeed, there is some
    > evidence to support the notion that people who purchase pirated
    > copies often end up paying for legitimate copies once they become
    > available, often due to quality issues. The rest couldn't afford
    > them anyway.
     ...

    Consider Mexico, where the record industry has been demolished by
    piracy. It has, at least, resulted in many acts moving to the US where
    they can make a living selling records.
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