Re: [Sheflug] TCPA / Palladium FAQ [Ross.Anderson [at] cl.cam.ac.uk]

[Paul <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

Imagine that your tax returns have been wrapped in one of these DRM file 
formats - Inland Revenue pay a visit demanding to see all records, but your 
key has been revoked...

An important document needs to be presented in a court of law, again the key 
has been revoked... Or the police knock on your door demanding your key under 
some new knee jerk legislation, but our friends in Redmont have once again 
revoked it.

A cardiac arrest is in progress and the doctor is saying "We need to look at 
your medical records, but the network is down and we can not authenticate our 
key..".

Surely I'm not the only one getting paraniod about the implications of this 
technology ?

I'm off to write a letter to my local MP voicing my concerns.

Regards, Paul.



On Thursday 27 Jun 2002 8:47 pm, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> I often wonder why we have to put up with this kind of insanity from
> a multi-national which should be able to recognise that it has a
> responsible role to play in the international community.  
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