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Wait, how is decrypting the WASM blob illegal?
by bozzcl 5y ago
Wait, how is decrypting the WASM blob illegal?
- asciimov 5y agoI should have chosen my words more carefully, but the blobs with ads will have some sort of DRM on them, which is technically illegal to decrypt and cut out.
- dahfizz 5y agoRemoving DRM on something you own for personal use is perfectly legal.
- asciimov 5y agoYou don't own the Google Docs service, nor will you own any webpage you are served.
- mcherm 5y ago> Removing DRM on something you own for personal use is perfectly legal. Perhaps some places. In the US, it is perfectly legal to "violate" copyright restrictions for purposes like fair use. But if the data is protected by any kind of security, it is a felony to bypass that security (even for fully legal purposes).[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A...
- andrewprock 5y agoWhat does security mean when there is no ad unless it is shepherded out of the blob? Once it's out of the blob, there is no security to bypass.
- ko27 5y agoI fail to see how DRM is related to WASM
- bozzcl 5y agoSeems the choice would be not to execute the DRM-protected blobs at all.