Thread: Password-based DRM has a dim future
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Old 06-06-2011, 04:53 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
For a fingerprint-based ebook to work, you'd have to be able to enter your fingerprint at time of purchase/first download to encrypt the book to your ID. That means you can only buy books from a device that has a fingerprint scanner--no more purchases from most PCs, unless you buy a USB-based scanner.
Or just download a pirate copy instead that doesn't need fingerprints, blood samples or any of the other nonsense publishers decide to inflict on their paying customers.
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