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That's why they now embed displays with verification modules. Basically whole stack from server to your display is a giant chain verifying you are not doing wha
by e3bc54b2 5y ago
That's why they now embed displays with verification modules. Basically whole stack from server to your display is a giant chain verifying you are not doing what they don't want you to do.
- Scoundreller 5y agoThough often they get it wrong, like when I bought a movie off Apple and it errored when I screen mirrored to my dumb TV and it’s back to piracy first for me.
- ArchOversight 5y agoYour dumb TV doesn't have the appropriate HDCP chips, which is why it errored. Your computer didn't know whether it was a dumb TV or if it was an HDMI capture card ready to rip the movie... Not that I agree with the practice.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoAnd see how well it works. 2 hours after airing everything is online. The only ones they're giving any hassle are legitimate consumers.
- malermeister 5y agoThis is a similar charade to airport security: It doesn't actually do anything but satisfy a bunch of suits and create some pointless jobs around it.
- e3bc54b2 5y agoThese things are designed to hassle legitimate customers only. Pirates are never going to pay anyway. DRM is so they can squeeze more out of paying customers.