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The concerns about cheating are valid, but we already have consoles to address them. I dread the possibilities of control in moving more activities, not just ga

The concerns about cheating are valid, but we already have consoles to address them. I dread the possibilities of control in moving more activities, not just gaming, to the console model. Forget ad-blockers, there are already sites that prevent even copy-pasting of text unless one disables javascript. > Maybe people are lying, or mistaken, about the level of control that they actually need in order to let you do the things you want. Can we coordinate to call their bluff? They were lying when they claimed home taping was killing music, and that VCRs [0] were to film producers "as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone" [1], and more recently, a EU-funded study that found piracy causes little harm was suppressed [2], so they should certainly not be taken at their word. > When I was at EFF Thank you for your service :) [0] Ironic that, with how difficult saving video has become from streaming sites and services, we have largely lost the abilities the VCR afforded us. A good example of how quickly technology is turned against us. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videocassette_recorder#Legal_challenges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videocassette_recorder#Legal_c... [2] https://juliareda.eu/2017/09/secret-copyright-infringement-study/ https://juliareda.eu/2017/09/secret-copyright-infringement-s...

dane-pgp 4y ago
> there are already sites that prevent even copy-pasting of text unless one disables javascript. Worse, there are sites that prevent even viewing of text unless one enables JavaScript. Anyway, to assist the GPP, and inspired by your user name, let me suggest that requiring TPM checks for people running (games on) PCs is like requiring your car to breathalyze you before starting the engine. (As Doctorow famously said "A car is a computer you put your body into"). The public would never allow that, right? https://www.forensicmag.com/578254-Infrastructure-Bill-Would-Require-Breathalyzers-for-All-New-Cars/ https://www.forensicmag.com/578254-Infrastructure-Bill-Would...
- Affric 4y ago
  >let me suggest that requiring TPM checks for people running (games on) PCs is like requiring your car to breathalyze you before starting the engine. There are situations where this would make an individual less safe but for people who have received DUI this is a reasonable and existing practice. I don't think it maps to computers, where rarely are lives on the line.
- zzo38computer 4y ago
  > Worse, there are sites that prevent even viewing of text unless one enables JavaScript. In some cases, the text is displayed if you disable CSS as well as JavaScript. In some cases, the text can be found by view source. However, that does not always work.
zzo38computer 4y ago
I still use a VCR and TV. Although it is digital TV and needs to use a cable box that has their own software that does not work very well (there are many bugs in it) and cannot be made to do what you want it to do, it can still be connected to a VCR. It is without HDTV, but that is OK; I don't want HDTV; I want VCR. Together with public television, and captions (which HDMI does not have, but the composite video does have, so they can be recorded), we can have the recordings that we want to have easily enough.

dane-pgp 4y ago

> there are already sites that prevent even copy-pasting of text unless one disables javascript. Worse, there are sites that prevent even viewing of text unless one enables JavaScript. Anyway, to assist the GPP, and inspired by your user name, let me suggest that requiring TPM checks for people running (games on) PCs is like requiring your car to breathalyze you before starting the engine. (As Doctorow famously said "A car is a computer you put your body into"). The public would never allow that, right? https://www.forensicmag.com/578254-Infrastructure-Bill-Would-Require-Breathalyzers-for-All-New-Cars/ https://www.forensicmag.com/578254-Infrastructure-Bill-Would...

Affric 4y ago
>let me suggest that requiring TPM checks for people running (games on) PCs is like requiring your car to breathalyze you before starting the engine. There are situations where this would make an individual less safe but for people who have received DUI this is a reasonable and existing practice. I don't think it maps to computers, where rarely are lives on the line.
zzo38computer 4y ago
> Worse, there are sites that prevent even viewing of text unless one enables JavaScript. In some cases, the text is displayed if you disable CSS as well as JavaScript. In some cases, the text can be found by view source. However, that does not always work.

zzo38computer 4y ago

I still use a VCR and TV. Although it is digital TV and needs to use a cable box that has their own software that does not work very well (there are many bugs in it) and cannot be made to do what you want it to do, it can still be connected to a VCR. It is without HDTV, but that is OK; I don't want HDTV; I want VCR. Together with public television, and captions (which HDMI does not have, but the composite video does have, so they can be recorded), we can have the recordings that we want to have easily enough.