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Doesn't Widevine need internet access to check the certificates?
by sp332 4y ago
Doesn't Widevine need internet access to check the certificates?
- fxtentacle 4y agoFrom what I understand, the Widevine certificate is just metadata about the content and the expiration date of the license and that's signed by a trusted root and encrypted for the device's key. So yes, I might have to copy the keyfile off my TV somewhere or install an online-provided file onto my TV. But that would both be possible. (From what I understand, a common way how DRMed content ends up on RARBG is that people copy the key out of their TV and then use that to decrypt the Widevine-protected content, so the key inside the device appears to be the sole source of trust)
- Mindwipe 4y agoNo, Widevine certs are considerably more complicated than that. And they are individualised to the device, so there is no prospect of copying them over.