Well, point taken about the uselessness of the crypto in the sense that you could intercept the signal between the Sound Card and at the Speakers.
But could the scheme be aimed at portable MP3 players instead? There seems to be some mention of this in the article.
I am not saying that applying the scheme to portable players would make digital music tamper-proof. I am just saying that this could be where they intend to apply the crypto.
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Well, point taken about the uselessness of the crypto in the sense that you could intercept the signal between the Sound Card and at the Speakers.
But could the scheme be aimed at portable MP3 players instead? There seems to be some mention of this in the article.
I am not saying that applying the scheme to portable players would make digital music tamper-proof. I am just saying that this could be where they intend to apply the crypto.
To save the world from vision-less companies that only aim to make money out of the masses.
Linux .NET for the masses ...now, that's what I call "vision".
Does that mean we will have Geeks in Space in Vorbis soon?
Oops, Sir, I have accidentally launched our enemy's nuclear warheads while trying to degrade their launch system...