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Not the only browser to support DRM. But the only browser to support PlayReady on Windows, which brings added security compared to what Widevine offers on Windo
by colde 6y ago
Not the only browser to support DRM. But the only browser to support PlayReady on Windows, which brings added security compared to what Widevine offers on Windows.
Another popular choice for high quality is Safari on macOS because it implements Apple's FairPlay.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoWait, Netflix et al use FairPlay in Safari on macOS? I'm surprised, because Fairplay is publicly crackable.
- Lammy 6y agoSo is WideVine.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoIt is?! The only public way to decrypt that which I'm aware of stopped working 15 years ago.
- voltagex_ 6y agoIf you still see pirated copies of shows marked with WEB-DL (rather than Webrip), there's a way of decrypting the content directly. I really doubt the methods that are used are public, though.
- Polylactic_acid 6y ago*Added security for the remote server but massively reduced security for the end users computer.
- kbumsik 6y agoAny source?
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoIt allows websites to run arbitrary code blobs which interact with a hardware backdoor in your CPU with a higher permission level than the OS. With the multiple exploits that have been found in intel cpus and the Management Engine itself there is no way you should be letting any website do that.