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DiapDealer · 04-05-2011, 08:39 AM

B&N has been using a different flavor of Adobe's Adept DRM for a long time. They just use your Name & CC# as the key to that DRM--instead of using your Adobe ID (or ADE install) to generate the encryption. Different algorithms, but both licensed by Adobe, AFAIK.

Is that changing Kenny?

04-05-2011, 08:39 AM	#122
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 29,357 Karma: 211545324 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	B&N has been using a different flavor of Adobe's Adept DRM for a long time. They just use your Name & CC# as the key to that DRM--instead of using your Adobe ID (or ADE install) to generate the encryption. Different algorithms, but both licensed by Adobe, AFAIK. Is that changing Kenny? Last edited by DiapDealer; 04-05-2011 at 08:42 AM.