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I think you are onto something here. DRM is probably a driver here. if you have an analog signal, you can "pirate"...

• ddingus 8y ago
  Sadly, that will remain true digitally too. It is just not hard to tap the signal. I think you are right about the DRM. It will prove to be a waste of time. Audio is too easy. Seriously. Heck, I can make something to just write the stream to a file, and doing that is not hard. Costs less than a CD.
  • rusk 8y ago
    > Heck, I can make something to just write the stream to a file Not so easy if the analog signal only emerges at the earpiece ...
    • lloeki 8y ago
      Hint: what is the transducer itself driven by? This analog hole is a ridiculously easy hack job with a soldering iron.
      • rusk 8y ago
        Oh true - I didn't think you planned to go to such lengths (-: "Ridiculously Easy"? - I wouldn't go that far, but very much within the realms of possibility for a determined attacker I'd say. But down the line .. as actual physical countermeasures become more sophisticated maybe not so.
        • ddingus 8y ago
          Worst case? Couple the device and a great mic in clay.
          • rusk 8y ago
            sounds like a DRM sales pitch
            • ddingus 8y ago
              Well they can go right ahead. It won't really matter to me. If they end up better than me, I just don't buy that stuff. Don't need it it's a big world out there. That's pretty much a policy. If I pay for it, fine. But I have it in generally useful form. No lock-in. Or I don't buy it. And I don't mind hacking to get it in general useful form. Easy peasy.
    • ddingus 8y ago
      Are you kidding? Go and get that signal. Even if they pot the thing, it would take a day.
      • rusk 8y ago
        You have a different definition of easy from most people I know.
        • ddingus 8y ago
          Grew up poor. "Easy" as well as, "do what it takes" do have very different meanings. To me, a bit of work, perhaps gain a new skill? Not only easy, but fun, cheap, all that. What is hard is having to spend or do work just because of a business model. I really dislike all of that. It is visceral.
          • rusk 8y ago
            With you 100%
• labster 8y ago
  Good luck removing the analog signal from sound.
  • majewsky 8y ago
    Announcing the Apple-Neuralink partnership! /s
    • ddingus 8y ago
      Someone is going to make that happen. Then the fiction we all read about illegal implants will be reality.
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