points by jakub_g 7 days ago

As far as I can tell, it's still the case if the video is DRM-ed. Then any screenshots of it will be black square, because the OS can't "see" the video, it's sent directly to the monitor, similar as in the article.

grishka 7 days ago

No, it's not that. Usually, the OS does see the video and the compositor still renders it to the screen like normal, but when you take a screenshot, the OS itself is an accomplice here by not rendering that surface in screenshots.

  • CrossVR 7 days ago

    Any DRM protection where the OS sees the video is useless, because the OS is under full control of the user. (For now at least)

    • grishka 7 days ago

      Not true about Android at least — there is secure boot where the bootloader will snitch on you if you unlock it, and you can't do anything about it because the attestation happens in a trusted execution environment, a hypervisor with higher privileges than the OS kernel, that you never get to unlock.

      • CrossVR 7 days ago

        Android is unfortunately no longer an OS controlled by the user and that is very concerning.