Gilmore on the "computer health certificate" plan

Worth a read: this response by John Gilmore to the computer health certificate idea being pushed by a Microsoft researcher. "I'd recommend merely ignoring his ideas til they sink like a stone. But it looks like Intel and Microsoft are actively sneaking up on the free Internet and the free 10% of the computer market by building in these techniques and seeking partnerships with governments, ISPs, telcos, oligopolists, etc to force their use. So some sort of active opposition seems appropriate."

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