Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Me too. Especially because these same DRM will soon be used to uniquely identify and profile you when these streamers also become an ad platform.


What does DRM have to do with this? They'll connect what you watch on Peacock with what you watch on Netflix on your computer? Do you have a reference?


DRM can be used to uniquely identify your device. An example of using DRM for tracking in Android:

> When a device uses DRM for the first time, a device provisioning occurs, which means that the device will obtain a unique certificate and it will be stored in the DRM service of the device ... This provisioning profile has a unique ID, and you can obtain it with a simple call. This ID is not only the same on all apps, but also it is the same for all users of the device. So a guest account, for example, will also obtain the same ID, as opposed to the ANDROID_ID.

Source: https://beltran.work/blog/2018-03-27-device-unique-id-androi...




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: