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通用计算即将爆发的内战
The Coming Civil War over General Purpose Computing (2012)
2012 — 2020，它一次次回到首页
黑点是上首页（≥ 50 分）的那次投稿，空心点是没冲上去的投稿，点越大分数越高。
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Cory Doctorow 2012 年的演讲/文章，警告通用计算正走向一场'内战'：DRM、可信计算和封闭生态让设备所有者而非用户掌控机器，从 iPad 到汽车、医疗设备皆然。文章 2020 年再度登上 HN 首页，其预言在手机锁定、固件签名、反维修立法等方面被广泛认为应验。
为什么经久不衰：它对计算自由被侵蚀的预警在十年后读来愈发准确，是讨论 DRM、锁定平台和用户权利时绕不开的经典文献。
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这一担忧由来已久，早在 2003 年可信计算之争时就已出现。
Stallman 等人早就谈过这些问题，类似的文章 2003 年就发表了（指 TCPA/Palladium 相关 FAQ）。
heavyset_go查看英文原文
This is something Stallman[1] and others have talked about for a while now, with this article having been published in 2003[2]. [1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.en.html [2] https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
演讲促使一位 Apple 用户重新审视封闭设备对隐私和自由的代价。
我看完整个演讲。喜欢 Doctorow 承认有些问题他自己也没有答案，但满足于开启对话。开头他展示 iPad 作为'记录你的一切而你无能为力'的设备例子，我从未这样想过——我一直把 iPad 当作不太会被黑的小设备，但从隐私角度看它早已被'黑'了。听完之后我更常考虑支付那点 Linux 的生产力税。
mark_l_watson查看英文原文
I just watched the whole thing. I liked how Cory Doctorow acknowledged that some of these problems he didn't know the answers to but he seemed satisfied just to get the conversation started. Near the beginning he flashed a picture of an iPad as an example of a device that records everything you do and there is nothing you can do about it. I had never thought of that; instead I had viewed the iPad as a nice little device that probably would never be hacked, but in a sense it is already hacked as far as my privacy goes. I happen to like Apple products, running OS X on my Air and just Linux (Ubuntu) on my MBP. From a freedom and privacy perspective I would really like to a bit more fully control my devices by running Linux but I find I can get some types of work done just a little faster using OS X rather than Linux. DRM is not a problem for me on Linux because my Samsung Galaxy S III can play Netflix as can the Nexus table. I went so far as signing up as an Apple developer early this year to get an early version of Mountain Lion and bought an iPad, but listening to Doctorow and other people who think more deeply about personal rights and freedoms than I do, I am more often thinking of paying the small Linux productivity tax. BTW, if Apple continues to rule digital markets, it would be ironic if Microsoft saw a business opportunity to make Windows devices respect personal freedoms.
以安全为名的 DRM 和围墙花园牺牲了基本自由，技术人应当发声。
读完想起富兰克林的名言：'放弃基本自由换取一点暂时安全的人，既不配得到自由也不配得到安全。'DRM 和围墙花园常被说成能减少恶意软件，但代价是什么？作为技术人我们可以改变这一点，只是我担心可能已经太迟。
16s查看英文原文
After reading this, I'm reminded of a famous Ben Franklin quote, "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." DRM and walled gardens are often said to reduce malware and provide safer computing, but at what cost? As technologists, we can change this and have a say. I'm concerned though that it may already be too late.
最珍贵的损失是业余折腾电脑的自由，希望下一代还能拥有它。
读这类文章时，我最担心的其实是未来'为了乐趣而编程'会变得更难。相比文中的其他议题这略显肤浅，但我深深感激能在业余时间折腾电脑。作为程序员我们享有其他领域几乎无法复制的奢侈——我妻子是结构生物学家，她再热爱工作也不能在客厅里结晶蛋白质。我真心希望无论未来如何，我儿子仍能自由快乐地折腾点什么。
fmstephe查看英文原文
When I read articles like this my fears always move straight to a future where it has become harder to program for play. I appreciate that this concern is somewhat superficial compared with some of the issues raised in this article, but I feel profoundly grateful to be able to tinker with computers in my spare time. I feel this more deeply than the fear that my music collection might not survive a computer upgrade or that the government might be watching my internet habits. I think that we, as programmers, enjoy a luxury that is almost unreproducible in any other field. My wife is a structural biologist, and as much as she loves what she does you can't crystallize proteins in our living room. I truly hope that however this unfolds that my son will be able to hack on something, freely and happily (if he so desires) in the future.
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