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by svnpenn 1291 days ago
> Widevine

its pretty widely available how to get around this now. I have my own implementation actually. I wont say its "easy", but it is doable. And you can get quite a lot even with just an L3 CDM. Also at least one public Widevine proxy is now available, as well as a content key database.
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lossolo 1291 days ago
Sure, but without the keys that someone extracted from devices there is no way to "get around this". L3 CDM from browsers is easy to extract as its just sitting in .dll/.so file behind AES whitebox but they downgraded it to content with low quality on most streaming platforms.

> Also at least one public Widevine proxy is now available, as well as a content key database.

Public? Can you share some info?

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chocolatkey 1291 days ago
There are quite a few platforms that still offer e.g.1080p with L3, which I'm still looking for a replacement source for. The NHK uses it for time-limited content, such as interviews with manga authors which I've ripped for people to fansub. There's much more out there than just Netflix, Disney Amazon et al.
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svnpenn 1291 days ago
contact me on Discord - check my bio
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gjsman-1000 1291 days ago
I'm specifically talking about Widevine L1 in this case, which protects 1080p and 4K streams - not Widevine L3 which will always be vulnerable to some form of software-related attack. My remarks were mainly about how Widevine L1 has been shown to be much more protective in general against broadly-distributed attacks than AACS 1 and 2, even if pirates have secret workarounds.
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svnpenn 1291 days ago
> 1080p

I dont think you (and the public in general) realize that several sites offer 1080p, even with L3.

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