You could see this one coming a mile off.
CNet News' Dawn Kawamoto is reporting a security company warning of a flaw in Apple iTunes security. (In an update, she notes it affects only iTunes 6 for Windows.)
Says privacy rights advocate Cory Doctorow:
I'm not surprised. An objective of good security is to protect users from attackers who want to prevent the user from controlling her computer. DRM -- like that in iTunes -- is a system for allowing remote parties (e.g. entertainment companies) to enforce their policy on your computer. Once you design the system to let anyone apart from the owner to control it, you open up the possibility that someone other than the owner will end up controlling it.
On Slashdot, the skeptical readers will wait until they see more proof that the "flaw" poses an actual threat.
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