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Old 06-27-2010, 03:32 PM   #19
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Thanks for sharing. How 'bout some detail?
Hasn't this been explained ad nauseum in endless threads. To prevent somebody from copying something digital, keying that thing to an identity is no guarantee of anything, no matter how securely that identity is established.

The problem occurs because to distribute a "locked" digital product you have to give the user both the lock and the key. So with a little igenuity it is always possible to for the user to use the key to unlock the content.

The fact that the key is based off a "secure" identity is meaningless.
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