Jonathan Zittrain’s book The Future of the Internet has been getting quite a bit of attention for its discussion of “tethered” devices, or devices that are remotely controlled by someone besides the owner of the device. I have started reading the book myself, and it has some interesting analysis so far.

Richard Stallman responded to the book, in this article and in his style cuts right to the core issues of the problem at hand. When the owner of the device has full access and rights to the software, source code and all, then the owner can do everything she needs to ensure that the people who sold it to them are not doing malicious things to them. Read the article for more info.

http://bostonreview.net/BR33.2/stallman.php