> This version DOES NOT come with CDM's (Content Decryption Modules) or the link to automatically download them
ThatPlayer 1 hours ago [-]
Looks like they've since added the ability for the program to download those modules from their website automatically.
khedoros1 3 hours ago [-]
Doesn't that just mean that you'd have to provide your own copy of the WideVine library, or something?
A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 5 hours ago [-]
Doing god's work.
userbinator 5 hours ago [-]
I suppose this is another example of Streisand Effect... never heard of this project and now I do, and I guess many others are going to mirror it now that they do as well.
delichon 4 hours ago [-]
There are few mothers of invention as fecund as a nerd who wants to watch porn. If the world is about to be destroyed it would be ideal if the problem turns out to be isomorphic with decoding a clip of people having sex.
brailsafe 2 hours ago [-]
Careers and all that other crap we do are just things that get in the way sometimes. Inventions themselves are neat, saving the world is neat, but not as neat as fuckin!
__MatrixMan__ 4 hours ago [-]
> One of the most widespread is Google’s Widevine and avoiding its footprint today is almost futile.
I don't know about that. Brave asks me if I want to install the widevine extension and I just say no and go elsewhere. I guess it's possible that I just don't know what I'm missing, but it's been fine so far. Now that I'm aware of the circumvention effort though, I'll probably look into it.
viraptor 3 hours ago [-]
You will know when you need it. You're likely not streaming videos from the usual big providers in that browser.
azalemeth 3 hours ago [-]
I haven't ever bought DRM content, and actively delete widevine from every browser I encounter. It's amazing how often it's used for adding unique IDs, amongst other evil purposes.
gruez 1 hours ago [-]
>It's amazing how often it's used for adding unique IDs, amongst other evil purposes.
Really? Maybe ublock catches most of the fingerprinters, but I rarely see the prompt to enable DRM.
The worst part of Widevine DRM in this application is that even the content models themselves are accidentally victims of using the DRM model in the first place.
I've got a few contacts that I explained how Widevine "downgrading" works to and they had a sudden realization as to the source of some of their biggest complaints from some of their users...
... You see, in the Widevine dumping community, the biggest prized jewel is a "keybox" that can decode Widevine's top content - an L1 keybox. As soon as a device is compromised and its keybox is widely distributed for wider Widevine cracking, the keybox is revoked or downgraded to L3 playback at best - 480p.
And the complaint I asked if they'd gotten? Poor viewing quality on all video, especially from Android device users, and especially from "lower end" Android devices. Check, check, and check.
Legitimate customers end up victim to Widevine DRM "silent" failure that they then blame the content creator for, despite the content creator putting out full resolution content for everyone to watch, which leads to the content creator losing a customer that feels they've been gaslit out of possible confusion from the creator not knowing what happened.
greatgib 4 hours ago [-]
If maintainers/contributors are in Europe, in don't see how this takedown is legal as you have the right to circumvent such things to ensure interoperability...
Aloisius 4 hours ago [-]
GitHub is subject to US law.
Some European would need a law forbidding companies doing business in their country from complying with this US law for there to be any question of legality.
Am4TIfIsER0ppos 4 hours ago [-]
github is microsoft therefore american
deadbabe 4 hours ago [-]
So this is why we can’t have nice things
drivingmenuts 4 hours ago [-]
Konzerne über alles.
devwastaken 4 hours ago [-]
onlyfans is obviously doing this so people will pirate more. thats all that ever happens with these kinds of virtue takedowns.
DRM is a scam, its made to convince business suits they can magically prevent copying. no one makes money telling them theyre wrong and their business model is to blame.
I don't know about that. Brave asks me if I want to install the widevine extension and I just say no and go elsewhere. I guess it's possible that I just don't know what I'm missing, but it's been fine so far. Now that I'm aware of the circumvention effort though, I'll probably look into it.
Really? Maybe ublock catches most of the fingerprinters, but I rarely see the prompt to enable DRM.
https://github.com/TPD94/CDRM-Project-2.0
I've got a few contacts that I explained how Widevine "downgrading" works to and they had a sudden realization as to the source of some of their biggest complaints from some of their users...
... You see, in the Widevine dumping community, the biggest prized jewel is a "keybox" that can decode Widevine's top content - an L1 keybox. As soon as a device is compromised and its keybox is widely distributed for wider Widevine cracking, the keybox is revoked or downgraded to L3 playback at best - 480p.
And the complaint I asked if they'd gotten? Poor viewing quality on all video, especially from Android device users, and especially from "lower end" Android devices. Check, check, and check.
Legitimate customers end up victim to Widevine DRM "silent" failure that they then blame the content creator for, despite the content creator putting out full resolution content for everyone to watch, which leads to the content creator losing a customer that feels they've been gaslit out of possible confusion from the creator not knowing what happened.
Some European would need a law forbidding companies doing business in their country from complying with this US law for there to be any question of legality.
DRM is a scam, its made to convince business suits they can magically prevent copying. no one makes money telling them theyre wrong and their business model is to blame.