Cory is a tremendous fiction writer, but this particular article isn't. Sure the government passes bad laws. They always will. How did prohibition work out?
A talented hacker has much more power than any official. If people want 'locked' systems that can't be hacked it shouldn't ruffle your feathers. They're not hackers.
If you close the door on reality it will come in the window every time.
The sky is always falling. The end is always near.
But unlike during the prohibition, the vast majority of the people doesn't really care about whether they can run arbitrary programs on their computer. Most are content if it runs Facebook. A sizeable portion would probably even like computers that are as realiable as a dishwasher because they run only certified programs.
A talented hacker has much more power than any official. If people want 'locked' systems that can't be hacked it shouldn't ruffle your feathers. They're not hackers.
If you close the door on reality it will come in the window every time.
The sky is always falling. The end is always near.