Invisible wrote:
> On 26/01/2011 04:42 PM, Darren New wrote:
>> Invisible wrote:
>>> Well, no, you get some computer software for playing DVDs and crack
>>> that. Much easier than cracking custom hardware and voiding your
>>> warranty.
>>
>> Right. And if you only make your content available on hardware that is
>> (more) secure, like kindles or game consoles or whatever, then it's a
>> lot harder to crack.
>>
>> I think we're agreeing here.
> 
> Harder, yes. Impossible, no. ;-)

You can make it impossible with hardware. Almost every crack of such 
hardware I have seen involved modifying the hardware, at which point you're 
technically not working on the secure hardware. ;-) Which is what I was 
talking about in terms of voiding your warranty.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
  "How did he die?"   "He got shot in the hand."
     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."

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