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mrb
on May 30, 2019
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Switch from Chrome to Firefox
You don't "build" Widevine. Google distributes a binary (libwidevinecdm.so) which implements a standard API that works with both Chrome and Chromium. The "master" DRM secret key is obfuscated and distributed in libwidevinecdm.so itself.
ummonk
on May 30, 2019
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And no pirate has been able to extract the key yet?
mrb
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It was broken:
https://twitter.com/David3141593/status/1080606827384131590
But now we are getting kinda off topic which is that Widevine DRM does work with Chromium.
lol768
on May 31, 2019
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Interesting, it's a shame we never saw more (a PoC or write-up) following that though.
Kuraj
on May 30, 2019
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What difference does that make? At that point you are no longer playing by the book.
ornitorrincos
on May 30, 2019
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probably one has been as determined as breaking games protection
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