Next-gen Nokia Linux devices will get multitouch and Qt UI (ars technica) [LWN.net]

Next-gen Nokia Linux devices will get multitouch and Qt UI (ars technica)

Posted Oct 14, 2009 17:46 UTC (Wed) by krake (subscriber, #55996)
In reply to: Next-gen Nokia Linux devices will get multitouch and Qt UI (ars technica) by freealter
Parent article: Next-gen Nokia Linux devices will get multitouch and Qt UI (ars technica)

And DRM is the solution corresponding to this will.

Actually it is an attempt to save face of media publishers who want to hide that loss of revenue is mainly their own fault (e.g. waiting way to long before establishing digital distribution channels).

Starting from there, you need to have a chain of trust starting at boot time, till the execution of the player application.

Chain of trust is a work around for failing to implement a proper cryptographic channel from content source to destination.

The very base principle of a secure channel is that only the two ends know the secret protecting the channel, not any random third party inbetween.

DRM was designed with its flaws in order to not require an actually secure channel so it could be deployed right away without requiring the consumer device market to catch up.

It is sad that even newly designed mobile devices rather propagate a flawed and discriminatory scheme instead of providing real benefits to both content provider and consumers.

But the worst thing is that people still believe and propagate the excuse that it would be necessary.

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