They’re related fields. For various reasons (some ridiculous) I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the potential upsides of the thing that Richard Stallman called Treacherous Computing. There are many. We’re essentially talking about the difference between having devices that can make promises and devices that can’t. Devices that have the option of pledging to tell the truth in certain situations, and devices that can tell any lie that is possible to tell.
I think we have reason to believe Trusted Computing will be easier to achieve with better (cheaper) technology. I also think we have reasons to hope that it will be easier to achieve. Really, Trusted Computing and Treachery are separate qualities. An unsealed device can have secret backdoors. A sealed device can have an open design and an extensively audited manufacturing process.
I’m not sure what you’re getting at with the universality concern. If a work could only be viewed in theatres and on TC graphics hardware with sealed screens (do those exist yet), it would still be very profitable. They would not strictly need universal adoption of sealed hardware.
They’re related fields. For various reasons (some ridiculous) I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the potential upsides of the thing that Richard Stallman called Treacherous Computing. There are many. We’re essentially talking about the difference between having devices that can make promises and devices that can’t. Devices that have the option of pledging to tell the truth in certain situations, and devices that can tell any lie that is possible to tell.
I think we have reason to believe Trusted Computing will be easier to achieve with better (cheaper) technology. I also think we have reasons to hope that it will be easier to achieve. Really, Trusted Computing and Treachery are separate qualities. An unsealed device can have secret backdoors. A sealed device can have an open design and an extensively audited manufacturing process.
I’m not sure what you’re getting at with the universality concern. If a work could only be viewed in theatres and on TC graphics hardware with sealed screens (do those exist yet), it would still be very profitable. They would not strictly need universal adoption of sealed hardware.