On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 05:13:53PM +0100, Tom Vogt wrote:
Brian Lane wrote:
Maybe I'm being dense today, but I don't see how this is going to work. So they have a key on your drive, they encrypt the data using this key, but at some point the data has to be decrypted and used, which means that it can be intercepted.
interesting change in culture. not too long ago, knowing how your home electronics actually work was the sign of the geek. not too far in the past, knowing how your home electronics really works will be the sign of the criminal.
I can see it now -- "Mr. Lane, you are being convicted for reverse enginerring the embedded encryption system in the IBM-SuperSekret-HD." "But! But! I was just trying to recover my Quicken 2001 backup!" as they drag me off to prison. The only way they can make this even begin to work in the marketplace is to force manufacturers to stop producing uncontrollable drives. I wouldn't be suprised if there was an amendment to enact this waiting to attach itself to an obscure bill in Congress. Or maybe I'm just being paranoid? <G> Brian -- Brian C. Lane - Linux Programmer/Consultant/Writer www.brianlane.com Virtual Web Hosting www.nexuscomputing.com NRA Life Member www.libertynews.org ============================================================================ I had a friend who was a clown... when he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car... -- Stephen Wright