PDF Reader, Native Client Can’t Be Disabled Either Alternatively, if DRM is enabled and can’t be switched-off in all browsers, more and more developers may start to “take advantage” of it, just like they would any new other HTML specification, and lock-down increasingly more content. If enough people do it, then it may stop or at least slow down the spread of DRM-locked content on the web. It also allows the users to send content distributors a message that DRM is not accepted. That doesn’t mean they can play the same videos without DRM protection, but according to some on the Chromium issue page, it saves them from having to deal with a bunch of Widevine DRM bugs that causes their Chrome browser to crash often. Right now, if users don’t want to ever play Widevine-protected content, they can go to the chrome://plugins address and disable the DRM plugin there. Chrome DRM, Now Always-OnĪccording to a Chromium issue, the next version of Chrome will not allow users to disable DRM in their browsers anymore. What that means in practice is that if you choose to use a certain Linux distribution or some completely new operating system, you may not be able to play protected content, unless Google, Microsoft, or Apple decide to make their DRM work on that platform, too.

All of these companies have their own operating systems, so there is also less incentive for them to support other platforms in their DRM solutions. That means malicious hackers, who already engage in other criminal activities, may freely take advantage of all the vulnerabilities they find in these DRM plugins before companies discover them on their own.īeyond the plugin issue, there may also be an oligopoly issue, because the content market will depend on four, and perhaps soon only three, major DRM services players: Google, Microsoft, and Apple. These plugins have their own security issues, but unlike with the Flash vulnerabilities, security researchers are banned from looking for them, due to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Therefore, even a single browser may now require two different DRM plugins to play all DRM content. Firefox also uses Adobe’s “Primetime” DRM plugin. Microsoft’s Edge browser uses the company’s own Windows 10 native DRM, while Chrome and Firefox use Google’s Widevine DRM. Not only does EME require a DRM plugin for protected content, but it requires one for each browser, for whichever platform you may be using. Perhaps EME’s biggest flaw is ultimately that it didn’t fulfill its main promise to get rid of plugins.

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