On Thursday, November 14, 2013 3:48:39 PM UTC-5, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
On 11/14/2013 1:38 PM, Gordon Shumway wrote:

On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 11:51:05 -0600, Moe DeLoughan

wrote:



No more individual ownership . . . the corporations will own all:



You can't buy a battery for the new Renault Zoe. Instead, you have to

rent it. And if you stop making payments, the battery's DRM will

prevent you from recharging it. It's part of a larger product strategy

through which the Zoe collects huge amounts of data on your driving

and ships it all back to the manufacturer.



Just what the world needed: a car you're not allowed to own, and which

you can't use anymore if you lose your job and can't pay the monthly

battery rental fee. And if Renault's battery provider goes out of

business, your Renault is bricked.

http://boingboing.net/2013/11/13/ren...kable-car.html



More at

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/1...onsumers-crazy



There is one obvious flaw with Renault's marketing policy. If

consumers can't own the complete vehicle they won't buy it.



If all the manufacturers get on board, you will eventually have no

choice. That's how it works.


Yes, just like if all the suppliers of milk decided
to only offer it in 55 gallon drums. How likely do you
think that is? Why wouldn't other car manufacturers
offer you different alternatives? Good grief!



Intel is producing a version of this

Intel is making cars?



called TPM, the Trusted Platform Module, which is (like the Renault

example) hardware-related DRM. Among other uses, it can be employed to

prevent copying or viewing of media. It can also be used to monitor

the use of the product in which it is embedded, and report back. So

we're back to privacy and rights issues for the individual 'owner'.



Good grief. The Intel TPM is a security feature for server platforms.
If you don't like it don't buy it. Ever hear of AMD?





Besides, how long would it take a disgruntled "renter" to hack the

memory and defeat it? Not long... unless of course they work for

Kathleen Sebelius.



Which only goes to defeat your paranoid argument.





And then you're discovered to have violated the TOS, for which you are

subject to either civil or criminal prosecution, depending on what

legislation the industry lobbyists are able to get governments to pass

on their behalf. Case in point: Monsanto and its genetically modified

seeds.

Ah yes, throw in Monsanto for good measure. If you don't want to buy
soybean seeds from Monsanto, buy them from 100 other vendors.

What a hippie loon.