[clue] Cory Doctorow - war on general computing [talk]

Mike Bean beandaemon at gmail.com
Mon Jan 2 12:19:51 MST 2012


It's an interesting speech.  My "summary" probably did a poor job as I
glossed a 45 minute keynote down to 2 or 3 sentences, but I tend to agree
with most of the content.  Suffice it to say he thinks "copyright wars" are
just the beginning.

Bean

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:40 AM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>wrote:

> Ah, sorry, I meant automobiles with spyware. I'm definitely going to
> watch the Doctorow piece tonight.
>
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> http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/the-coming-war-on-general-purp.html
>
> That is where I saw it initially.
>
> On Jan 2, 2012, at 10:59 AM, "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
> wrote:
>
> That's interesting, and I'd like to know more. Link, please?
>
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>
> Very likely... Automobiles are being pre-installed with spyware.
>
>
> On Jan 2, 2012, at 6:43 AM, Mike Bean wrote:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUEvRyemKSg
>
> Cory D. has an interesting keynote making the rounds on you tube, if you
> have a couple extra cycles, I suggest a listen.  Mileage may vary,
> depending on your feelings on Cory, but I tend to think he's right more
> often then he's wrong. He's essentially arguing that because you can't
> build a PC that will do only lawful things, that will inevitably (and are
> already seeing) A rise in what amounts to appliances and computers with
> spyware pre-installed.
>
> Bean
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