Re: Microsoft does not get to be my big brother

Microsoft does not get to be my big brother (Score: 2, Funny)

by fnj@pipedot.org on 2015-08-23 16:26 (#J7M5)

unauthorised hardware peripheral devices

Microsoft: fuck you. With a stick of dynamite. The peripherals I cannect to ***MY*** computer are authorized by ***ME***. Only me. Not you. Go peddle this shit to Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin and Mao Tse-Tung.

Re: Microsoft does not get to be my big brother (Score: 2, Interesting)

by wootery@pipedot.org on 2015-08-25 15:42 (#JDRF)

The peripherals I cannect to ***MY*** computer are authorized by ***ME***. Only me. Not you.

Things started going wrong when they invented HDCP.

Perfectly good monitor with a DVI port? Tough luck, Sony decided you can't use that with a PS3 unless it's able to decrypt HDCP (and old monitors can't).

Re: Microsoft does not get to be my big brother (Score: 2, Informative)

by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-08-25 20:52 (#JEN9)

HDCP Strippers (for about $15 now) have been around for quite a while:

http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-1x2-3D-splitter/dp/B003UYOEMI/

It's a feature included in HDMI/DVI capture devices, which is about the only way of DVRing highdef cable/satellite broadcasts.

Just like DVDs, the cryptographic security wasn't all that well-designed.

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