15. Protecting Digital Rights

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The volume of digital content coursing through corporate and consumer networks is on upward spiral at least as steep as Moore’s law. The result is that the total amount of content available online has exploded—and so have the number, variety, and creativity of the exploits designed to circumvent protection mechanisms for digital content. It’s a perpetual arms race between black-hat hackers and white-hat engineers—and neither side is ever ahead for long.

What can a Citizen Engineer do about it? Plenty. Here are a few insights, ideas, and considerations that might help you protect consumers—and yourself—from unauthorized ...

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