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Thanks for posting the link. The article gives another very good reason why DRM is bad that I had not thought about. It would be possible for someone to hide malware (a virus etc) within a DRM'ed ebook; because the DRM encrypts the malware, it would not be spotted by your anti-virus software when you downloaded the ebook, but as soon as you open the ebook, the virus is activated and infects your machine.
I almost wish there was a real world case like this--the bad publicity may make the publishers think twice about using DRM.
The lesson: DRM means our devices are more vulnerable to attacks by malware.
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