TCPA / Palladium FAQ

[amn@ubik.demon.co.uk]

mail@blazde.co.uk wrote:
> 
> How does the owner of this machine plan to persuade their TCPA-compliant CD
> burner to touch the file? Or indeed persuade any of their TCPA-compliant
> CD/DVD drives to read it back. Or prevent their system deleting it once
> again when it is read back.

Do you think TCPA/Palladium platforms will require a continuous Internet connection to do anything?  Will Microsoft be providing this connection do you think?

It sounds like the embodiment of the world in John Brunner's Shockwave Rider - one universal network, where the prize for subverting it is the ability to control what anybody else can do.

Beyond economics some people/locations simply don't have the possibility of continuous Internet connection: the international space station; the British Antartic Survey (and other countries equivalents); armed forces when deployed, in flight or on a ship; ...  Not to mention that all governments would balk at the idea of a single US corporation having continuous, minute by minute control of their computer systems.


Regards,
Anthony