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Re:To Fight Big Tech, We Must Seize the Means of Computation by fxtentacle on Monday October 09, 2023 @05:28PM (#37825755)
"are blu-ray players connected to the internet and auto-updated nowadays?"

Some blu-rays force you to update before you can watch them. Also, the key revocation lists can (I believe) be included in the blu-ray itself to make them work offline, too.

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Re:To Fight Big Tech, We Must Seize the Means of Computation by BXlnt2EachOther on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @12:36PM (#37834336)
yes, keys can be revoked [in offline players] by inserting a newer disc with a newer version of the "media key block." wikipedia suggests they're up to version 78 of that data.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Key_Block

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