[LINK] Fwd: [SLUG] VERY worrying

[Jan Whitaker]

At 09:24 AM 11/09/01 +1000, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
><quote from the above source>
>If you thought the DMCA was a nightmare, wait 'til you find out what
>Congress is planning this fall. The sequel is called the "Security Systems
>Standards and Certification Act," and it requires PCs and consumer
>electronic devices to support "certified security technologies" to be
>approved by the Commerce Department.
>....
>If passed, it would require all personal computers to have digital rights
>management built in, under penalty of law.
></quote>

My question on these intrusions is when someone is going to pull out the 
4th amendment against unwarranted search and seizure?  This sort of stuff 
is treating everyone as a criminal before they even have a 'chance' to do 
anything wrong.  Seems a bit bass-ackwards to me.

Jan


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