DRM and TC can be used in useful ways, again it is not the technology, it is the use of the technology that can be good or bad.
What are these useful ways one can use DRM and TC? The whole point of TC and DRM is after all to prohibit a user from updating their software, or from listining to their favourite song on their music player of choice. I cannot see anything useful about these things.
That's because you have limited imagination I guess.
Quite possible.
TC and DRM are simply mechanisms, you could use a TC enabled machine to sign your own binaries so that you are sure nobody can take over your machine and run a different kernel.
Same for DRM, you can use it for your own stuff.
This is the exact case I stated, prohibiting others from updating their software. It is one thing to _verify_ the binary, and still allow it to run, and another to simply say `You're bad! Go away bad person!'; and this is exactly what DRM/TC does. Signing binaries is a great way to check their integrity, but that doesn't mean that one shouldn't be able to run unverifiable binaries. So I still don't see how DRM/TC can be a useful thing.
Do you leave your machine passwordless with all files set to 777 ?
I actually do.