full-disclosure - Trustworthy Computing Mini-Poll

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From: guninski at guninski.com (Georgi Guninski)
Subject: Trustworthy Computing Mini-Poll

Simon Richter wrote:

> >What
> >features will my new computer have, that will convince me to lose certain
> >options I have right now - playing music, copying what I like, etc?.
>
>
> I'd say protection from binary viruses and stack overflows, plus if
> someone breaks into your computer and you have stored your key in a safe
> place you can tell what she modified. So this would be a definitve must
> if you're builing a server, and I'm asking now whether you would like
> those features on your home box as well, even if you had to give up DVD
> copying or get special illegal hardware for it.
>
"Illegal hardware"???
Is my customized linux "illegal software" under this nonsense?
The people proposing such nonsense should get real - there are quite a ways to 
modify processes execution, the simplest being a debugger.
Or are they proposing outlawing debuggers?
As in:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
The Right to Read
by Richard Stallman

Georgi Guninski