-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hi folks, As Weld Pond of @stake (formerly the l0pht) has noted, the dire predictions made on the quality of digital content protection in the age of DMCA have come to fruition. Where there could have been honest and accurate peer review, we now have little but more snake oil being pawned off as "secure." To review Sklyarov's presentation on how trivial it is to bust Adobe's "encryption," please see the following URL: http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/ebooks/ Take a look at the findings there. You will be amazed as well as sickened that any self-respecting company could call this tripe "protection." It's a sad day when it's cheaper to make a shoddy product and rely on law enforcement to protect your product than it is to make a decent product in the first place. Bottom line is thus: all of us -- regardless of whether we use Adobe's products -- are now paying fees (taxes) to assure that their product is protected. I seem to recall similar measures being taken by King George in the 1770s. With that in mind, Adobe doesn't have to worry about the canonical "digital Pearl Harbor." They'd better worry about a digital Boston Tea Party instead. - -Jay ( ( _______ )) )) .-"There's always time for a good cup of coffee."-. >====<--. C|~~|C|~~| (>------ Jay D. Dyson - jdysonat_private ------<) | = |-' `--' `--' `- Love your enemies. It really pisses 'em off! -' `------' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: See http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/ for current keys. iQCVAwUBO1T/zdCClfiU/BIVAQHN/gQAp4V/+Z54VMWKwEfZ13QL/b0+EfOObEX4 Ohx5S8juCt7ztMObfGLPisAZtMhOFENq3y9PLbGXamn51mMzEEgvggVU0xEKvltG tDexYBI1wc0ml43yF/CimnLjVxJLcmtL3co0sMK0FEqcQWSXa2DPhAz2LuAk/D9h zJ6PR/Jsoq4= =aLgu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email isn-unsubscribeat_private
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