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Ah, but the JPEG displayer would only run on a Trusted system, whose screenshot function honors DRM. You could try to snap a picture of your screen with your di

Ah, but the JPEG displayer would only run on a Trusted system, whose screenshot function honors DRM. You could try to snap a picture of your screen with your digital camera, but the camera manufacturer also embedded DRM inside the camera. I'm not convinced he analogue hole won't ever be plugged.

lfam 11y ago
> I'm not convinced he analogue hole won't ever be plugged. The analogue holes for visual media are the two holes in your skull where your eyeballs sit. The analogue hole won't be plugged until you can implement a secure path into the human brain.
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- TeMPOraL 11y ago
  "Until" being the operative word here. Electronic implants are an active area of development, and it's only a matter of time before media companies see them as a way to further advance DRM protections.
semi-extrinsic 11y ago
You just reminded me of a properly funny UnNews story from back in the days: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:RIAA_CEO_discusses_the_analog_hole http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:RIAA_CEO_discusses... (Probably needs a trigger warning in this day and age.)
mccracken 11y ago
Film cameras to the rescue. DRM that, buddy!
- murbard2 11y ago
  Sure, you can use your film camera. Then what do you do with the picture? Scan it? Your new scanner has DRM preventing you to do that. Circumvent the scanner's DRM with a mod chip? The software refuses to display it. Use unofficial software that shows you the image? Your screen refuses to display it. Mod your screen, encrypt the image, share it on a darknet using steganography to disguise your traffic as web surfing. Congrats, dozens of cypherpunks are now able to see the image. I don't think such a scenario is likely, because it requires far too much cooperation between hardware manufacturers, but it is possible. The move to mobile makes this scenario much more plausible than it was a year ago.
  - mccracken 11y ago
    Snail mail prints to my friends. I'm joking of course, but what a horrible future - imagine if a 1984-like government used this tech to completely censor anything deemed against the "Party"?

lfam 11y ago

> I'm not convinced he analogue hole won't ever be plugged. The analogue holes for visual media are the two holes in your skull where your eyeballs sit. The analogue hole won't be plugged until you can implement a secure path into the human brain.

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TeMPOraL 11y ago
"Until" being the operative word here. Electronic implants are an active area of development, and it's only a matter of time before media companies see them as a way to further advance DRM protections.

semi-extrinsic 11y ago

You just reminded me of a properly funny UnNews story from back in the days: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:RIAA_CEO_discusses_the_analog_hole http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:RIAA_CEO_discusses... (Probably needs a trigger warning in this day and age.)

mccracken 11y ago

Film cameras to the rescue. DRM that, buddy!

murbard2 11y ago
Sure, you can use your film camera. Then what do you do with the picture? Scan it? Your new scanner has DRM preventing you to do that. Circumvent the scanner's DRM with a mod chip? The software refuses to display it. Use unofficial software that shows you the image? Your screen refuses to display it. Mod your screen, encrypt the image, share it on a darknet using steganography to disguise your traffic as web surfing. Congrats, dozens of cypherpunks are now able to see the image. I don't think such a scenario is likely, because it requires far too much cooperation between hardware manufacturers, but it is possible. The move to mobile makes this scenario much more plausible than it was a year ago.
- mccracken 11y ago
  Snail mail prints to my friends. I'm joking of course, but what a horrible future - imagine if a 1984-like government used this tech to completely censor anything deemed against the "Party"?