Encryption as confidentiality marker

[Ross Anderson]

Ben:

> In the case of executable code, you have the recipient (the processor)
> in your hands, so there's an implied agreement that something in your
> possession should be able to read it. So, it is exactly the same (IMO)
> as reading the firmware of a device I own. Which I contend I _should_
> be allowed to do, in the same way that I should be allowed to maintain
> my own car engine.

The nice Mr Murdoch's learned friends would disagree quite seriously
with this view if you applied it to your Sky Digital smartcard,

Ross