Trusted Computing versus the XBox 360

Posted by Ken Y-N on November 17th, 2009 at 03:12pm

There’s probably a good argument against me republishing nonsense like this, I suppose, but I do like to highlight what "the other side" thinks of Trusted Computing. This time it was Miguel on Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org talking about how Trusted Computing is responsible for banning modded XBoxes:

Trusted computing, that practice where when you buy a computing device, control remains in the hands of the seller rather than the buyer, rears its head. While few would argue that "software piracy" is a valid approach to obtaining software, it is important that "the users" challenge this idea that any company can simply flip a switch and block your access to technology because of modifications made.

I leave it as an exercise to my readers to refute this…

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