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why drm for privacy and security???

Posted by: Sam Leathers on February 15, 2004 12:35 AM
Wouldn't it make much more sense to take the pre-existing format of a document, and then instead of changing the format, run something like pgp to encrypt/sign it, send it to someone and have them unencrypt it? It seems so much more secure; however I have not done the research to see if this is a possibility, but I don't see why it couldn't be. I can sign and encrypt all my e-mails, what would be the difference with a document? If so, this would be an awesome feature to add into open office, that I'm sure lots of businesses/governments passing around "top-secret" information, could value from.

just a suggestion...

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