IP: re Programmer arrested for cracking Adobe PDF encryption

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Shaya Potter" <spotter () yucs org>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Cc: <jstokes () arstechnica com>
> Subject: Re: re Programmer arrested for cracking Adobe PDF encryption
> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 20:52:26 -0400
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> see http://slashdot.org/yro/00/12/14/1515228.shtml
>
> with a quote from jon "hannibal" stokes of arstechnica.com (an awsome site)
>
> "If you actually download and install a beta copy of the eBook reader,
> you'll find that the  "Read Aloud" permission setting has nothing to do with
> whether or not the book can be read aloud to your children. In fact, the
> setting refers to a function of reader software, which you can use to have a
> synthesized voice read the book aloud to you if the book comes with that
> permission. The book pictured does not, so the top button on that bottom
> line of buttons on the left only says "Read". Were the "read aloud"
> pemrission enabled, that button would say "Read Aloud", and a synthesized
> voice would read the contents of the book through your speakers. Yeah, it's
> stupid and maybe even slightly ominous, but it's not nearly what it has been
> made out to be here.
> * Senior CPU Editor * * Ars Technica * * http://arstechnica.com/* "



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