__/ [ John Bailo ] on Tuesday 13 February 2007 17:03 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Vista Month: Welcome To The DRM?
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>> | Despite some software snafu's, notably iTunes and Camera Raw data
>> | mangling, we've been cautiously optimistic about Windows Vista.
>> | However there is one elephant in the room that we haven't addressed
>> | -- DRM. As it ships Windows Vista has support for DRM built
>> | into very low-level areas of the OS.
>
> Once again, it's not DRM per se, but a poorly implemented DRM that is
> sinking Vista.
It's ineffective as well. A proof-of-concept crack from a 20-year-old is a
real embarrassment to this. There are no exceptions. iTunes was cracked. WMP
DRM was cracked. Blu-ray, HD-DVD, DVD...
Secret-keeping is hard, let alone devising an effective yet simple algorithm.
Even SHA1 is said to have been rocked recently.
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