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I'm honestly kinda surprised. The policy seems willfully ignorant of the Streisand effect. I get the reasons behind it, I'm just surprised it wasn't laughed d
by loxias 5y ago
I'm honestly kinda surprised. The policy seems willfully ignorant of the Streisand effect. I get the reasons behind it, I'm just surprised it wasn't laughed down at some internal Github planning meeting. "No, that'll never work Dave! 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0, remember?"
- ascar 5y agoFor anyone else who is wondering what's up with that hex string: AACS encryption key controversy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controversy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controve...
- yrro 5y agoDoes the key still work?
- loxias 5y agoInteresting question. I have no idea if it's still relevant, though I imagine it is, and with the magical bytes being siloed in some file far, far away from VLC and libaacs. It always strikes me as amusing that here we are, in the 21st century, and people are still trying to use shibboleths as a reasonable and scalable means of security. At least "ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc" has some internal humor to appreciate. Tangentially, FCKGW-... ;)