Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering

Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering by asciimov on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:34AM (#27131507)

I should have chosen my words more carefully, but the blobs with ads will have some sort of DRM on them, which is technically illegal to decrypt and cut out.

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Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering by bozzcl on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @12:55PM (#27132448)

Seems the choice would be not to execute the DRM-protected blobs at all.

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Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering by dahfizz on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:38AM (#27131564)

Removing DRM on something you own for personal use is perfectly legal.

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Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering by mcherm on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @12:00PM (#27131826)

> Removing DRM on something you own for personal use is perfectly legal.

Perhaps some places. In the US, it is perfectly legal to "violate" copyright restrictions for purposes like fair use. But if the data is protected by any kind of security, it is a felony to bypass that security (even for fully legal purposes).[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A...

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Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering by andrewprock on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @03:15PM (#27134067)

What does security mean when there is no ad unless it is shepherded out of the blob? Once it's out of the blob, there is no security to bypass.

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Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering by asciimov on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:41AM (#27131594)

You don't own the Google Docs service, nor will you own any webpage you are served.

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Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering by ko27 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:47AM (#27131680)

I fail to see how DRM is related to WASM

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