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Unless there is an exploitable bug in the bootloader, or the HDMI memory locking logic, or someone leaks the key. Or, cleaner but less "realistic", the people

Unless there is an exploitable bug in the bootloader, or the HDMI memory locking logic, or someone leaks the key. Or, cleaner but less "realistic", the people making these things just sit down and decide to release the key, or make chips without the limitation. I mean it is all man-made, there is no physical law saying this can't be done. If you ignore the financial and IP dimensions for a second, just on technical merits, it is a no-brainer.

pabs3 3y ago
Exploiting a flaw in the code would presumably be a DMCA violation and the key is likely on a HSM so probably can't be leaked or released. So the only realistic option is to wait for a new hardware revision that fixes this, or switch to another SoC.
noobermin 3y ago
In a mystical insekai style other world SoC makers should be have to release their keys once they decide to discontinue their chips or not recommend them for new designs, but alas we live in this world.
- eru 3y ago
  You'd have to put the keys into escrow in the first place. So the makers can't just disappear.
  - pbhjpbhj 3y ago
    Copyright is supposed to be public protection in exchange for works entering the public domain. Copyright is an automatic right (though I understand you still have registration in USA which increases damages available) but should not be applied to DRM works that haven't had DRM-free copies lodged with a government or authority (eg WIPO). DRM encumbered works cannot ever enter the public domain and so cannot fulfill the requirements for copyright. This is of course my own personal opinion, unrelated to my employment.
    - eru 3y ago
      > Copyright is supposed to be public protection in exchange for works entering the public domain. That's a curious legal theory. What evidence do you have for it being shared by anyone else, yet alone the legal system? What jurisdiction is it supposed to apply in?

pabs3 3y ago

Exploiting a flaw in the code would presumably be a DMCA violation and the key is likely on a HSM so probably can't be leaked or released. So the only realistic option is to wait for a new hardware revision that fixes this, or switch to another SoC.

noobermin 3y ago

In a mystical insekai style other world SoC makers should be have to release their keys once they decide to discontinue their chips or not recommend them for new designs, but alas we live in this world.

eru 3y ago
You'd have to put the keys into escrow in the first place. So the makers can't just disappear.
- pbhjpbhj 3y ago
  Copyright is supposed to be public protection in exchange for works entering the public domain. Copyright is an automatic right (though I understand you still have registration in USA which increases damages available) but should not be applied to DRM works that haven't had DRM-free copies lodged with a government or authority (eg WIPO). DRM encumbered works cannot ever enter the public domain and so cannot fulfill the requirements for copyright. This is of course my own personal opinion, unrelated to my employment.
  - eru 3y ago
    > Copyright is supposed to be public protection in exchange for works entering the public domain. That's a curious legal theory. What evidence do you have for it being shared by anyone else, yet alone the legal system? What jurisdiction is it supposed to apply in?