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+-   The Future Has A Kill Switch-> on Sunday June 29 2008, @02:39AM palegray.net

Submitted by palegray.net on Sunday June 29 2008, @02:39AM
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palegray.net writes "Bruce Schneier brings us his perspective on a future filled with kill switches, from OnStar-equipped automobiles and city buses that can be remotely disabled by police to Microsoft's patent-pending ideas regarding so-called Digital Manners Policies. In Bruce's view, these capabilities aren't exactly high points of our potential future. From the article:

Once we go down this path — giving one device authority over other devices — the security problems start piling up. Who has the authority to limit functionality of my devices, and how do they get that authority? What prevents them from abusing that power? Do I get the ability to override their limitations? In what circumstances, and how? Can they override my override?

At what point does centralizing and/or delegating operational authority over so much of our lives become a dangerous practice of its own?"
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