Upcoming Tehdi Against Public Calculation Freedom Tags

The Future War on General Computation article offers a bold warning to the future of technology. In this text released in 2011, it is discussing how computers can threaten unlimited programmable basic principle by industry and control mechanisms.

The article draws attention to several critical points:

• Indoor ecosystems and restrict the freedom of running software on their devices
• Potential to convert content protection mechanisms to general purpose computers for specific purpose devices
• Risk of blocking digital right management technologies, software development and innovation
• Under control and security statements, the danger of the wear of real freedoms

The article suggests that these trends will change the basic nature of computer science not only individual users. The general calculation has been the motor of technological advance historically; it means restricting, turning off the doors of creativity and innovation.

Today, after ten years, it is clearly seen how appropriate these alerts are. Closed mobile platforms, DRM protection and controlled application distribution shows that scenarios defined in the article are realized. The article allows technology owners and policy makers to understand how important this balance is to re-review.