> Law, not technology, is the true battlefield in the War on General Purpose Computing

I'd say it's law AND technology. Because even if it was technically possible to break some protections, it wouldn't mean it'd always be economically viable to do that. It really gets harder because the security is being improved (albeit this "security" is for the device manufacturer, not me).

While it isn't legal to break these protections and make a product around that, it is legal to try to break them and get a reward if a company offers such program. I guess both Google and Apple offer them, but of course governments indirectly pay more for these exploits.