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That is also the purpose of door locks btw, and I am assuming you have one of those on your door.
by kmonsen 12y ago
That is also the purpose of door locks btw, and I am assuming you have one of those on your door.
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- eridius 12y agoPrison locks != home door locks. kmonsen is making the point that door locks on homes don't actually stop determined burglars. The only reason they work is because most people are relatively honest and aren't willing to take the step of breaking the lock (however trivial that may be), even if they'd otherwise happily open an unlocked door and walk in. Not only that, but the fact that a door is locked almost certainly has legal implications for trespassers (though I don't know if that's really applicable to house door locks as much as it might be to locks on doors leading from public areas of commercial buildings to private ones).
- kmonsen 12y agoThanks for improving my point :-)
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- fnordfnordfnord 12y agoIt's not the purpose of door locks, it's the result. It's true enough that locks keep honest thieves out; the also keep the lazy ones out. Another practical result of a door lock is that it slows the attacker, hopefully enough that the occupants can react.
- rakoo 12y agoWrong. DRM is a tool of the distributor against the user (remember: when you have a DVD, you don't own the content; you only have a license to view its content under certain rules. DRMs make sure you follow these rules). The lock is a tool of the user against third-parties.
- zanny 12y agoThe analogous door lock on your computer is your firewall or USB autostart permissions or an encrypted hard drive.
- quadrangle 12y agohttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/doctorows-law https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/doctorows-law Doctorow's Law: "Anytime someone puts a lock on something you own, against your wishes, and doesn't give you the key, they're not doing it for your benefit." A lock you have the key to is nothing like DRM.