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I think you agree with each other. How about: smartphones arrive with a parent lock(*) using a manufacturer code. Flashing an ID or interacting with a (possibly
by ttyprintk 3y ago
I think you agree with each other. How about: smartphones arrive with a parent lock(*) using a manufacturer code. Flashing an ID or interacting with a (possibly standards-compliant) body reveals the unlock code.
(*) Yes, jailbreaking gets around that, but now you’ve circumvented a content-control system, which is a bigger legal problem under DMCA than any legal Internet content.
- bee_rider 3y agoThat sounds like a fine system for a private company to sell to their customers. There shouldn’t be a law about this, though.
- ttyprintk 3y agoI think you both agree on that. Whether “Software and device vendors already provide all the necessary tools.“ is the question.
- bee_rider 3y agoThey were making a rhetorical point along the lines of “if the politicians actually were engaging in good faith on this stuff, they’d propose this other more effective plan.” I agree with the sentiment that the politicians aren’t engaging in good faith here. We are basically on the same side. However I disagree that the plan would really be able to accomplish what legislators claim they are trying to accomplish, so I don’t think this line of argument works as a rhetorical device. I’m not sure that “Whether Software and device vendors already provide all the necessary tools” is really the sticking point… sorry, I’d write more, but actually I’m not sure how that is supposed to link into the argument so I’m not sure where to go with it.