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> the CDM vendors are Google, MSFT, and Apple

Also Adobe, although I'm not sure if their CDM (Adobe Primetime) is still relevant.

> which is why the CDM is a contentious topic because you have no way to see what's inside it

Related to this: Firefox takes steps to try to contain the CDM blob within a sandbox. [0] See also this old blog post from before Firefox switched from Adobe's CDM to Google's WideVine CDM. [1]

[0] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Sandbox/Architecture#GMP_p...

[1] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/05/reconciling-mozillas-missi...



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