Western Digital BLOCK Media Files from being shared

[NoTG]

Anybody else think this is getting a little out of hand?



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7136069.stm

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by NoTG

Anybody else think this is getting a little out of hand?



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7136069.stm

More reason to build your own OS on the box. You can get at the base system using something like netcat, reprogram it to boot a linux bootloader like Grub, and then install Gentoo (Gentoo is desirable since you compile all components from the ground up - the makes it optimized for the platform it is on) or some other OS on it. You can then log into the box using telnet or ssh using a program like Putty. Works good. I have a 500 GB mini system online like this.

-S

I agree that the solution is rather extreme, but, I think the key note here is;

Western Digital has blocked users from sharing more than 30 different file types, if they are using the company's software, called Anywhere Access.

As far as I can tell, you have to manually install this. It isn't pre-installed on hard drives, and was mainly designed for their worldbook thing, which, while nice, is something you can easily do with a home computer. I can't see this thing becoming all that popular except perhaps in business, for which it appears to be designed for, not your average consumer.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by orwell

I agree that the solution is rather extreme, but, I think the key note here is;

As far as I can tell, you have to manually install this. It isn't pre-installed on hard drives, and was mainly designed for their worldbook thing, which, while nice, is something you can easily do with a home computer. I can't see this thing becoming all that popular except perhaps in business, for which it appears to be designed for, not your average consumer.

But my way is more fun! :p

-S