[Am-info] Exclusive: An inside look at Microsoft's new security scheme

[Fred Miller]

"Today most people who have a computer do not really completely control their 
computer. They run a Microsoft OS, and they will never put any sniffers on 
their connection to the Net. Viruses, Trojans, and worms parasitize their 
machines. In general, it is hard to get any Microsoft system to do what you 
want. But some folk actually have pretty good control of their computers. 
Palladium is designed to ensure the continuation of the situation for most 
users, and to prevent the sale and use of computers which can be controlled 
by the user. 

"Since today Microsoft's control is not complete over machines running a 
Microsoft OS, many home users copy and re-distribute popular songs, whose 
copyrights the home user does not have. So the real issues are not clear, and 
discussion of Palladium in most newspapers is centered on political questions 
of copyright law and practice."

http://software.itmanagersjournal.com/
software/03/12/01/0855209.shtml?tid=26&tid=44&tid=70

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