A DRM standard has been approved for the web, and security researchers are worried
The standards body for the web has approved a system for handling DRM video after a long and controversial debate — one that security researchers and open web advocates vow to continue.
The new standard is called EME, or Encrypted Media Extensions, and it allows DRM systems to hook directly into your browser. That way, Netflix and other streaming video services can protect their shows and movies without making users install annoying, often insecure plugins like Flash or Silverlight. On that note, it’s a win. But in other ways, EME’s approval has a lot of people concerned.
Researchers and open web advocates worry that by approving this standard, W3C, the World Wide Web Consortium, is…
