Cory Doctorow on DRM, Surveillance, and General-Purpose Computing
Talks at Google · Talk · YouTube title: Civil War General-Purpose Computing | Cory Doctorow | Talks at Google
Why it's here
It is HN's go-to reference whenever device lockdown, DRM, or restrictions on installing software come up, with commenters noting how prescient it was.
What it covers
Cory Doctorow's Talks at Google lecture on the coming civil war over general-purpose computing. He argues that locked-down devices, DRM, and surveillance threaten user control of computers.