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Re:(Open) Widevine support added to the OpenBSD Chromium port by jervant on Monday January 19, 2026 @08:23PM (#46686752)
That's not true and wouldn't work on OpenBSD anyway (binaries are not compatible). The files you're copying from another device are just encryption keys.

OpenWV is implementing the decryption itself:

https://github.com/tchebb/openwv

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Re:(Open) Widevine support added to the OpenBSD Chromium port by Mindwipe on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @12:28PM (#46783197)
I did say that in the second half of the sentence.

But it still isn't an example of someone shipping an open source DRM module - it's just software to crack DRM with a leaked key.

(Incidentally and this is not legal advice, but if you are in one of many European territories and downloading software from Git here I would encourage people to think about the possibility you are committing an actual criminal offence by doing so, as you are "importing" it by virtue obtaining it from a US entity.)

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