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Think of it like DRM: the point is not to make it completely impossible for anyone to ever break it. The point is to mitigate casual violations of policy. Not
by brookst 2y ago
Think of it like DRM: the point is not to make it completely impossible for anyone to ever break it. The point is to mitigate casual violations of policy.
Not that I like DRM! What I’m saying is that this is a business-level mitigation of a business-level harm, so jumping on the “it’s technically not perfect” angle is missing the point.
- harvey9 2y agoI think the goal of DRM was absolute security. It only takes one non casual DRM-breaker to upload a torrent that all the casual users can join. The difference here is the company responding to new jail breaks in real time which is obviously not an option for DVD CSS.
- brookst 1y agoNo, I know people who’ve worked in high profile DRM tech. Not a one of them asserts the goal as absolute security. It’s just not possible to have something eyes can see but cameras / capture devices cannot. The goal was always to make it difficult enough that onky a small percentage of revenue was lost,