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DEF CON 23 - Cory Doctorow - Fighting Back in the War on General Purpose Computers
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- Presented by Cory Doctorow, author and activist
- An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.
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Cory Doctorow discusses the political and technical battles over general-purpose computing, digital rights management, and user control over their own devices.
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1 person recommends thisWhat people say. Recommended as a classic and thought-provoking talk on the importance of preserving general-purpose computing and resisting restrictive digital rights management.