[gui-talk] Fwd: Opposing Freedom Scientific's signed BrailleDriverInitiative Petition

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

I signed the petition, because I think it is important.  But I would note
that a couple of years ago, a digital picture frame (which can be connected
to a PC as an external drive) came from the manufacturer pre-loaded with a
virus, unbeknownst to them.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Wayne Merritt
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 8:36 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: Opposing Freedom Scientific's signed
> BrailleDriverInitiative Petition
> 
> Two things. First, it sounds a lot like what Microsoft was trying to
> do around 10-12 years ago. Second, one of the big reasons that this
> move has upset a lot of people is the very fact that so far at least,
> I've never gotten a virus from using my Braille display. The idea is
> ludicrous! Perhaps if the drivers for said display were locked into a
> website and the activation for said display was sent over the web, but
> we're still talking about vastly different devices. If I can get a
> virus from using my Braille display, then I suppose that it's equally
> as likely that I could get one from using my computer monitor. It
> seems like FS is just doing this because they can, though I expect
> that most of the Braille display manufacturers and distributors will
> have their displays digitally signed by FS, since not doing so means
> people can't use their displays with JAWS 11 and further.
> 
> Jmt,
> Wayne
> 
> On 10/19/09, albert griffith <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > It seems many developers want signed drivers like thisbut it seems like
> > allot of fuss about nothing to me from here....