Re: Analog Hole Bill Would Require Secret Tech No One Can Examine
- From: John Miles <jmiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:44:36 -0800
In article <OZABf.21238$F_3.4507@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> Hello John,
>
>
> > If the CD were introduced today, it would be carefully designed to
> > ensure that it couldn't be ripped to your hard disk or transferred to an
> > iPod-like device. ...
>
>
> That would last a week or so. By then some kid would have found out how
> to hack it anyway.
That's an unfortunate assumption. I hear it a lot, and I'd like to hear
it a lot less, because it isn't even valid.
Nobody has managed to crack VideoCipher encryption on C-band satellite
TV, despite the fact that it's been around since, when, the 1980s?
Nobody managed to crack the triple-DES protection on Divx DVDs.
No private entity has managed to crack PCS or GSM encryption... or if
they have, they've kept it damned quiet.
When they start to get serious about HDMI content protection, I wouldn't
be surprised if nobody ever cracks that, either, except by using gray-
market chipsets whose keys will probably be revoked at the first sign of
popularity.
It is not a good idea to rely on the generosity of hackers to fight
unfair and unconstitutional laws for you. Only stupidly-weak or broken
encryption (e.g., CSS on DVDs or or WEP on WiFi) can be cracked by, or
on behalf of, consumers. The industry is rapidly evolving resistance to
that kind of stupidity. We won't see another CSS-quality implementation
on HD-DVD or BluRay... you can bet on that. If they want to control how
you use it, they will.
-- jm
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