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0 pointsnitrogen12y ago0 comments

Not if the decryption is handled by hardware that refuses to give an unencrypted video stream back to the CPU.

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An extra hardware chip is a closed system. You control all the input that comes in. It is just a more annoying form of obfuscation at that point.

nitrogenOP12y ago

Nothing in the W3C's DRM spec provides for anything better than a closed hardware chip.

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0 pointsnitrogen12y ago0 comments

Not if the decryption is handled by hardware that refuses to give an unencrypted video stream back to the CPU.

An extra hardware chip is a closed system. You control all the input that comes in. It is just a more annoying form of obfuscation at that point.

nitrogenOP12y ago

Nothing in the W3C's DRM spec provides for anything better than a closed hardware chip.

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