From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon Apr 07 2003 - 22:02:44 MDT
Hal Finney wrote:
>
> No one is forcing you to run such an app, and no one is forcing the
> content companies to download the data to you. The trusted computing
> technology makes possible a new kind of transaction which cannot occur
> today. Consumers may choose to adopt this technology in order to take
> part in these kinds of transactions. There is no need for coercion
> or a legal mandate.
If I cannot get the content and apps I need to do my work
without using TCPA then I am being forced to run it. If it
destroys alternatives then I am forced to run it. It has very
strong potential to do precisely that.
>
> Why would you revolt and attempt to kill this technology? What gives
> you the wisdom to intervene in a free choice by another person to
> decide what technology to use? You would not object if a person tried
> to use cryptography to cloak his communications with someone else. What
> is wrong with someone using technology that lets him make a kind of
> commitment that is not possible today?
>
Because this technology is designed to kill choice and many
things I hold dear. It is not simply a matter of individual
choice. It is choice removed from individuals and enshrined in
fundamental hardware empowering potentially or require
potentially for far too many applications.
> It frankly astonishes me that libertarians oppose trusted computing
> technology. I seem to be the only one who sees things differently.
> I believe in freedom. That means I accept that other people may make
> decisions differently than I would. Their decisions may even have
> an indirectly negative impact on me. But I would not say that I was
> justified in trying to take options away from them, to prevent them from
> using a technology like this. I would really appreciate a libertarian
> and freedom oriented explanation of why voluntarily-adopted trusted
> computing technology should be fought.
It is about just the opposite of freedom. You don't understand
that yet, apparently.
- samantha
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