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0 pointslogicallee9y ago0 comments

>That's all the DRM they need, you have no ability to consume these files without the Netflix app.

This is like saying that .doc files are as good as DRM'd, since who's going to open one in anything but Word?

I get what you're saying but it's a security through obscurity argument - if this takes off, of course someone can figure out the encoding and transcode straight from those files.

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morsch9y ago

It's just the same security they use for streaming. If you can decode the chunks, you can also capture the streamed data and decode it.

logicalleeOP9y ago

I would imagine downloads can be faster than 1x realtime, no? Having to stream things is a serious limit on ripping (transcoding) speed.

brianwawok9y ago

Whut?

You can write a stream to file with maybe 2 commands, and try to decode it later.

If the DRM on the stream is broken, you can save the stream to file and decode it later. If the DRM on the stream is safe, then it should be equally safe between the stream and saving the file to disk.

I fail to see how letting you save encrypted stuff to local disc has anything to do with breaking the DRM.

Also, the first thought people have when given a new service for free is "how can I use this to pirate movies". This is why we can't have nice stuff.....

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