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Posted by Sander_Marechal on · 5 comments
Schneier on Security; By Bruce Schneier 		Mail this story
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Computer companies want more control over the products they sell you, and they're resorting to increasingly draconian security measures to get that control. The reasons are economic. With enough lock-in, a company can protect its market share even as it reduces customer service, raises prices, refuses to innovate and otherwise abuses its customer base. It should be no surprise that this sounds like pretty much every experience you've had with IT companies: Once the industry discovered lock-in, everyone started figuring out how to get as much of it as they can.

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Comments (5)

tbuitenh ·
It's Schneier, not Schneider.
Sander_Marechal Story submitter ·
Fixed. My apologies to Bruce.
tuxchick ·
Actually it's pronounced BROOOOOOOS! and you hold a lighter in the air.
jezuch ·
And the mandatory Bruce Schneier Facts :) http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/
Sander_Marechal Story submitter ·
@jezuch: Those pictures are brilliant :-)

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