TheMGPremium
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2 edits | They can't stop encryption. Heck, even if they can break the current means of encryption in P2P, then the P2P community will only use algorithms that are more and more difficult to crack.
Filters don't work (on anyone knowledgeable enough to get around them).
Give me TV shows that I don't have to buy at ridiculous prices and ages after they air, and that are not festering with advertisements, then MAYBE I'll consider not "pirating" shows. |
| From what I've heard/read, the DMCA more or less says you can't crack or tamper with encryption stuff. I've read several companies using (or thinking to use) the DMCA to sue people that have cracked/tampered/or whatever to their encryption scheme. Specifically, I've heard how some group is claim they have broken HDCP and have a paper written, but are unwilling to release because of the DMCA.
My idea, is why does the DMCA have to work only for the media giants and the MAFIA, can't we (the lowly buyers/users/etc.) figure out how to make the DMCA work for us? I'd sure love to see the day that the MAFIA is handed a DMCA notice for perhaps cracking/tampering with someone's encryption algorithm. I suppose it is time to pass the pipe now... |
| reply to TheMG
With encryption, there will always be an arms race, but, for the most part, the encryption programs will outpace those trying to crack it. HTTPS is hard enough to crack at 128 bits, and there's much more secure encryption tech than that out there. Hell, PGP was doing 1024 bits back in the '90s, I think, so let's see your average ISP try to crack that. Also, you can encrypt individual files, the data stream, or both. So, if someone transfers an encrypted file over an encrypted VPN connection, that will be next to impossible to analyze and filter. The only option would be to ban all encrypted traffic, and, not only would companies with employees using VPN's to connect remotely scream bloody murder, but all secure Web access would also be affected, and this would kill e-commerce.
There have been folks out there saying we need to encrypt all Internet traffic, and it seems they might finally get their way. And, from a security and privacy standpoint, I have to agree with them. |
