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Old 01-07-2017, 05:54 PM   #848
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Originally Posted by barryem View Post
I'm pretty sure that cryptography isn't one of the skills needed to deal with DRM removal realistically. I think the DRM is handled by the provided viewer, Kindle for PC, and that removal software just has to intercept the output from that.

I'm doing a lot of guessing here, I admit. This isn't something I've dealt with as a programmer. But I do know that DRM is mighty hard to crack and that removal programs for various media require a player provided by the vendor.

Barry
I would guess that some knowledge of cryptography is helpful, to recognize keys, hashes and such, to be able to find the key and know how to apply it, but cryptanalysis--breaking encryption without knowing the key--is not needed.

ApK

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