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Re: FC: Hollywood wants to plug "analog hole," regulate A-D conve rters
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Wed May 29 19:03:09 2002
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
To: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@rsasecurity.com>
Cc: "'Michael_Heyman@NAI.com'" <Michael_Heyman@NAI.com>,
"'cryptography@wasabisystems.com'" <cryptography@wasabisystems.com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 00:35:13 +0200
In message <F504A8CEE925D411AF4A00508B8BE90A01E90E84@exna07.securitydynamics.co
m>, "Trei, Peter" writes:
>Actually, it's unlikely that anyone would embed watermarks in billboard
>ads, or in ads in general. Copying an ad is usually a Good Thing from
>the advertiser's point of view - more exposure. It's only the program
>material which needs protection.
>
In other words, an ad-skipping device should skip anything not
watermarked, since those are ads....
What's your threat model, and what are *all* the implications of it?
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
http://www.wilyhacker.com ("Firewalls" book)
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