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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
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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Thanks... that's all I asked for. (And remember, there are always newbies who haven't had a shot at these discussions before.)
Another thing to remember is that no security system has to be 100% perfect... it just has to be effective enough to mitigate loss to an acceptable level. And there are ways to do that, even with digital content.