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- 3 months
That’s all kinds of fucked. Anybody who saw Microsoft Palladium and thought it was a good idea shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a computer.
- 2 months
A combination of secure boot, DRM, and remote attestation Microsoft proposed adding to Windows in the early 2000s. It was such an obvious corporate power grab that it got critical coverage from the New York Times.
Things like Google SafetyNet have been equally obvious corporate power grabs, but barely got negative coverage from the tech press, much less the mainstream media.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next-Generation_Secure_Computing_Base
- 2 months
Things like Google SafetyNet have been equally obvious corporate power grabs, but barely got negative coverage from the tech press,
IMO, this might be b/c as tech spread into normal society, to everyday ppl, tech literacy has declined. On avg I mean, ofc there are still lots of smart, aware ppl. More than ever in raw numbers. But as a percentage, it’s less. Without a critical mass of people who understand the issues and care enough about them, big tech co abuses fly under the radar.
I kinda think that if MS tried Palladium today, they could succeed. Their power grab just came too early.
MS also tried to replace the open web with a MS proprietary technology. That also died b/c ppl pushed back. Today? They’d prob succeed if they said it was for everybody’s safety. “Oh… it’s for my safety. I guess that’s ok then.”
I kinda think that if MS tried Palladium today, they could succeed. Their power grab just came too early.
Honestly it’s that way with a lot of tech from back then. Bonzi Buddy got sued into bankruptcy for doing less than Facebook
