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> A German court previously ruled that stream-ripping software bypasses YouTube’s ‘rolling cipher’ download protection. This is seen as a circumvention of techn
by KolmogorovComp 3y ago
> A German court previously ruled that stream-ripping software bypasses YouTube’s ‘rolling cipher’ download protection. This is seen as a circumvention of technical protection measures, a violation of intellectual property law in Europe.`
Does someone know what they mean by 'rolling cipher' here?
- tadfisher 3y agoThey are referring to the "s" query parameter which is a short ID referring to the next piece of video/audio stream. This is a good explanation: https://torrentfreak.com/deciphering-youtubes-rolling-cypher-in-your-browser-is-a-piece-of-cake-201030/ https://torrentfreak.com/deciphering-youtubes-rolling-cypher...