Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:53:42 -0800 | From | Aaron Lehmann <> | Subject | Re: [OT] DRM OS |
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On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 04:17:19PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > encrypted music fed to an encrypted audio controller to speakers which > decrypt and add watermarks
Write a program that decrypts it. If the speakers can, so can the CPU. Remeber DeCSS?
> encrypted video decrypted and macrovision + watermarked only in buffers > the CPU cant access
Again, if weird hardware can decrypt it, so can the CPU. It only takes one reverse-engineering.
> audio input that has legally mandated watermark checks and wont record > watermarked data.
I haven't seen any serious watermarks presented.
> That is the dream these people have. They'd also like the OS to scan for > "illicit" material and phone the law if you do, and to have a mandatory > remote shutdown of your box
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