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Counterpoint: Since the government can compel you to testify about facts (without self-incrimination), compelled code-signing may not be a 1st amendment violati
by throwaway173197 11y ago
Counterpoint: Since the government can compel you to testify about facts (without self-incrimination), compelled code-signing may not be a 1st amendment violation.
One could posit that code-signing is solely Apple stating that a given sequence of bytes has not been subsequently modified. You might even view Apple's EULA - that includes "AS IS" clauses disclaiming warranty and fitness for purpose - as supporting this interpretation.
- jimktrains2 11y agoA signature on a document is not simply a statement that you read the document, but also that you agree with and stand behind the contents and as an author's signature it is a statement that you want to be associated with said document; a digital signature should be treated the same way. The court cannot compel me to sign just any document nor can they force me to write any document and then sign it. It would be absurd for me to have to be forced to write a document disavowing my believes and sign it, why should anyone be forced to write, let alone sign, software they don't agree with?