Source:
The Register
Microsoft (or anyone else for that matter) has failed to convince me on how DRM is actually "safe". If you want people to listen to a DRM protected song, they have to be able to decrypt it somehow. If they are able to decrypt it, then where's the point of DRM in the first place? It doesn't matter if you lock your house if you leave the key on the lock. That's essentially how DRM works -- a DRM capable music player is the house, the song is the big screen TV inside the house, and the DRM decrypting key is embedded to the music player -- the house. Now you get to steal your own TV, and if you know how (or use, for instance, PlayFair), you can throw away the key, and share the TV with others as well! Happy time!
Well...a kinder, gentler, microsoft. Maybe they're not the monopolizing corporate D**ks we all thought they were. Heck, I might even start using their browser again. NOT!
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