This may just be these companies getting the tools in place in case the Congress OK's ACTA and makes them be content cops. Developing the tools and testing them may take some time. I am sure they want to be ready if Congress forces their hand.
Also, if they successfully develop these tools they could then sell it as a service to smaller ISPs, Universities, libraries, etc who don't have the money to develop them on their own and may be forced to play content cop by new laws.
the fact they are doing this when they are not required to forces my hand into not being a customer. I will settle for >6mbps dsl when I really really want 10+mbps cable.
and if AT&T even thinks about doing this I will suffer at the hand of my cellular carrier's 3g network(~1mbps).
goddamn I feel like internet freedom was so 1990's. wtf happened? -- sbcglobal.net speedtest result 11/11/09 - 5256kbps
goddamn I feel like internet freedom was so 1990's. wtf happened?
Malware; botnets; organized crime; foreign government spying; cyberwarfare; massive databases by advertisers; etc. The internet has grown up - it is no longer academics and research. It is now "just business" with all the pluses and minuses that implies.
reply to FBGuy Internet freedom... What about a business model. If company xyz spends money on making a program why would it be fair for everyone to get it for free. Everyone wants ad free content for free... HMMMM DOESNT SOUND LIKE THAT WOULD WORK DOES IT
reply to chronoss2009 Actually the voltage method took 104 hours with a cluster of 81 Pentium 4s to crack 1024 bit RSA and a tweaked power supply in the server.
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