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How would you like hooks in your web browser for the Sony root kit? That's what's being proposed at the W3C.
by yarrel 14y ago
How would you like hooks in your web browser for the Sony root kit?
That's what's being proposed at the W3C.
- recoiledsnake 14y agoPlease, that's hyperbole. Sony rootkit and the DRM present in Flash/Silverlight are worlds apart.
- ihsw 14y agoActually the description is apt -- the proposal is when a web page loads then a binary blob (that has OS-level hardware access) will be invoked. It would be as simple as including a highly-insecure JS file rather than installing a browser add-on/plug-in/extension/whatever. The security risks cause me imagine EME news that makes the recent Java 0-day news frighteningly tame.
- pyalot2 14y agoIt is not hyperbole. EME is a plugin API, and the plugin is not specified, and that is what the DRM is. It is inevitable this will result in another rootkit fiasco. But worse than that, the working of the DRM (called a CDM) will also sacrifice your privacy on the web, because it can inevitably act like a "supercookie" over which you will have no control.