[Bug 23341] The extension should not require special (handcuffed) hardware.

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23341

Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com> ---
Nothing in the specification requires special hardware. Nothing in the
specification restricts access to a device's computing capabilities,
general-purpose or otherwise.

Some devices may have hardware content protection capabilities(*). The sentence
quoted is intended to require that EME enable applications to make use of such
capabilities, when they are available.

It is clear that such capabilities will not always be available, hence software
solutions are required as well.

Since the concerns are unfounded, I suggest this bug be closed as a non-issue.

(*) by 'hardware content protection capabilities' I also include software
running in a Trusted Execution Environment where the security of the TEE is
hardware-backed in some way.

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Received on Tuesday, 24 September 2013 15:22:38 UTC