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Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @03:29PM (#7842231)
> Not exactly sure how any of this relates to Netflix playback.

DRM is a black box with privileged access to hardware whose purpose is to download encrypted information to your computer and prevent you (the computer's owner) from reading it. It would be more effective at hiding the installation of a rootkit than at its stated purpose.

> Plus, who actually has the expertise to truly verify that a device has no backdoors? Security Experts? Well they can do the same with these devices (MSE seems to be a W3C standard).

Please identify the location where the source code to the black boxes they require can be viewed for auditing by members of the public.

Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite by wmf on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @03:39PM (#7842286)
At least Mozilla's EME implementation is the least evil because it runs the black box inside an open source sandbox.
Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @03:41PM (#7842293)
The lesser evil is still evil. In some ways it can actually be worse because people are then less willing to root it out, allowing it to fester.