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Old 10-23-2014, 12:07 PM   #61
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There is a basic problem with DRM. You have to give the encryption key to the end user.
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You might also like to consider the difference between hacking someone else's machine and hacking your own machine. You may be unaware -- DeDRM is the latter.
Also might be worth clarifying, for those who don't know, that stripping DRM is not "breaking" or "cracking" the encryption in the cryptological sense.

We cannot access a DRMed file that we do not have the key for.*

All stripping does is find and apply the key we already legitimately have.

ApK

*As far as is known to the public, anyway. Lucky brute force attacks aside....

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