@TehBamski to Ask Lemmy • 10 months agoWhat's something that feels illegal to know?message-square310arrow-up1289arrow-down17
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minus-squareradixlinkfedilink5•10 months agoWhy didn’t they just change it? Set a new encryption key for every disc?
minus-square@CoggyMcFeelink12•10 months agoAny Blu-ray player has to know the key in order to play a disc. So they’d have to have some way to update every single player. There would be no feasible way to do that.
minus-squareslazer2aulinkEnglish8•10 months agoCan you imagine having to update your Blu-ray player each time a new movie came out?
Why didn’t they just change it? Set a new encryption key for every disc?
Any Blu-ray player has to know the key in order to play a disc. So they’d have to have some way to update every single player. There would be no feasible way to do that.
Can you imagine having to update your Blu-ray player each time a new movie came out?