Microsoft’s BitLocker could be used for DRM

By Scott Granneman / 19 June 2006 19 June 2006 / business, security, tech in changing society, technology / bruce_schneier, drm, microsoft, secret, security

From Bruce Schneier’s “Microsoft’s BitLocker” (Crypto-Gram Newsletter: 15 May 2006):

BitLocker is not a DRM system. However, it is straightforward to turn it into a DRM system. Simply give programs the ability to require that files be stored only on BitLocker-enabled drives, and then only be transferable to other BitLocker-enabled drives. How easy this would be to implement, and how hard it would be to subvert, depends on the details of the system.