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Re:The End of Headphone Jacks, the Rise of DRM by em3rgent0rdr on Thursday September 08, 2016 @12:29PM (#12454502)
but hypothetically you could send a digital encrypted signal over the audio 3.5mm jack, provided that the receiving device has an ADC and can decrypt.
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Re:The End of Headphone Jacks, the Rise of DRM by cr1895 on Thursday September 08, 2016 @12:52PM (#12454719)
So D > A > Encr. A > D > A > Ear?

In practice that sounds ridiculous.

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Re:The End of Headphone Jacks, the Rise of DRM by TeMPOraL on Thursday September 08, 2016 @01:39PM (#12455201)
There are a lot of ridiculous things going on every day in many areas of life that are there just because someone wants to make a buck.
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Re:The End of Headphone Jacks, the Rise of DRM by marcosdumay on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:34PM (#12455839)
All of DRM sounds (and actually is) ridiculous.
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