[Bug 20961] The EME's CDM depends on privileged access to the users computer which is not technically available.

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=20961

--- Comment #9 from Fred Andrews <fredandw@live.com> ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> Discussed in the telcon. Resolved Won't Fix.
> http://www.w3.org/2013/02/26-html-media-minutes.html
> 
> As Mark notes, EME does not depend on any such privileged access. CDMs by
> design are out of scope for this document. If someone wants to design a
> different solution to protected content that doesn't push CDMs out of scope
> they are welcome to.

The bug does not claim that the EME API alone depends on
privileged access, but rather the dependent CDMs.

The EME specification already constrains the CDM, and people
competent in this area would know that the main use case for
the EME specification will require privileged access to
the users computer to prevent them from accessing the decoded
data.  The refusal to address this bug raises a concern
about the competence of task force or that they are acting
in good faith.

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Received on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 23:38:10 UTC