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[Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 13-06-12 05:25 PM, Martin Albisetti wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Marc Deslauriers
> <marc.deslauriers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I'm pretty sure some carriers will force us to remove option #3, and
>> some movie providers will force us to disable DRM when #3 is used.
> 
> Why?
> On Android that's only the case if you root the device, where apps can
> go beyond their confinement. Installing unrestricted confined apps
> shouldn't affect DRM, right?

Because that would allow someone to use an unsigned modified version of
the movie application which bypasses certain limitations.

Marc.