Edward Felten
Edward Felten
Edward William Feltenis a Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University. On November 4, 2010, he was named the Chief Technologist for the Federal Trade Commission, a position he officially assumed January 3, 2011. On May 11, 2015, he was named the Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth25 March 1963
CountryUnited States of America
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it is normal for these types of papers to be presented, which discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the technologies.
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It is not legitimate to undermine the user's desire to secure their own computer. I don't think they should be hiding files and programs and registry entries from the system administrator, ever.
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procedure to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 98.
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I am not concerned about presenting this paper on this particular day.
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The DMCA seems to cast a very wide net and will catch a lot of things besides computer security,
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If they are buying into this technology, they have a right to know if it actually works,
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Microsoft could have produced a version of Windows 98 without Web browsing in a way that did not adversely affect the non-Web browsing features of Windows 98.
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People don't know what they can say and what they can write, ... The scientific community can't operate that way.
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It's abundantly clear by now that no DRM system can stop serious pirates, ... A DRM system that stops serious pirates, and simultaneously gives broad leeway to ordinary users, is even harder to imagine.
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There is a concern that there is a tendency to lock down parts of the design to protect the flanks of the copy-protection system. That makes it harder for everyone, including Microsoft, to adapt to new uses.
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The paper would be unintelligible to a lay person,
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Given a choice between dancing pigs and security, users will pick dancing pigs every time.
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Growth comes out of a healthy competitive atmosphere, not trying to choose a particular path forward.
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We're in a situation where the solutions that we have are not good enough. The way to improve anything is to have a discussion about its flaws. To understand what the one or two or three things are about it that would help fix it. The DMCA makes it dangerous to have that conversation.