TehBamski@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat's something that feels illegal to know?message-squaremessage-square310fedilinkarrow-up1291arrow-down15
arrow-up1286arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something that feels illegal to know?TehBamski@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square310fedilink
minus-squareradix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWhy didn’t they just change it? Set a new encryption key for every disc?
minus-squareCoggyMcFee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year 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-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year 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?