> But hey, at least the standards committees are working on new > forms of DRM so the NSA can't tap your video cable and see your > screen. Or something. I thi

> But hey, at least the standards committees are working on new > forms of DRM so the NSA can't tap your video cable and see your > screen. Or something. I think he was referring to the fact that industry fails to provide end-users with good, ubiquitous and easy to use cryptography for privacy, while on the other hand video standards have repeatedly been delayed through industry mandating ubiquitous cryptography for digital rights management. e.g. one of the (likely: many) topics that are being discussed in the committees designing the next generation of DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort standards likely is how to encrypt the video signalso that a customer is barred from recording a movie. Which delays the availability of future standards describing how to drive your 5K monitor at 60 Hz over then-improved HDMI/DisplayPort connections.