FITUG e.V.

Förderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft

CPRM for ATA-HDD: "A serious threat to civil liberties"

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/17003.html

There's no going back after CPRM, warns Schneier

By: Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco

Posted: 17/02/2001 at 09:49 GMT

CPRM copy control poses "a serious threat to civil liberties", writes cryptography expert Bruce Schneier.

In an analysis of the CPRM specs that the 4C Entity has proposed for inclusion in the ATA hard drive specification in his latest Cryptogram newsletter, Schneier warns of their social cost. He also comprehensively debunks the spin that CPRM - as it was first thrown at the ATA committee - was only ever intended for removable media:-

"This is a lie, of course. Already it is planned for IBM's tiny hard drive, and larger drives aren't far behind," he writes.

[...]

If you're thinking, "but these guys cry wolf every year, why should I be interested now?", do read this poetic piece and see how easily technology liberties that you take for granted can be taken away. Ž

Zurück