Tiny New Hard Drives May Incorporate DRM

"A consortium called iVDR is said to be readying tiny 1.8" and 2.5" hard drives, with removable cartridges, for introduction at the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. While the disks look like a cool idea, it appears that they may be intended as a way of introducing DRM into users' computers as well as into consumer electronic devices of all types.

According to this organizational chart, a key technical working group within the consortium is devoted exclusively to 'security' -- AKA digital content 'protection' or DRM. So, caveat emptor: While these new drives may be neat and high tech, they may also lock you away from, or restrict your use of, the data they contain." [ExtremeTech]