HDCP is easy to bypass. Almost laughable really, there are tons of "Splitters" and Strippers on the market. I've also seem a few totally legal capture cards that can read it directly.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You can crack anything if you are remotely motivated.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Denuvo has entered the chat

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Never say never. Especially since we're only in the beginning of the AI era, AI de-compilation is starting to become feasible, AI cracking probably will too.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Empress called it quits after she went insane. I don't think we're doing to get Denuvo crackers for quite a while....

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Did you actually read what I said or did you assume I'd say something specific and then just respond to that without reading...

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Does VLC report this? Kinda seems like the sorta thing that only works on actual players.

[–] tkw8@lemm.ee 32 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It tried to. I use an opnsense firewall which caught it. I copied my logs and submitted the domains to a popular dns blocklist and they’ve already been merged.

[–] B0rax@feddit.org 7 points 5 days ago

Thanks!

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Was this like an iso file of the disk that you played played in vlc? And you're saying it tried to ping that telemetry domain? I'm not quite understanding the context here.

[–] tkw8@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Physical disc in a cd/dvd/bluray drive

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

So you put the physical disk in and it plays through vlc player on your pc?

If so, are you sure it was vlc that pinged the domain and not the bluray player?

[–] tkw8@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Both devices made ping attempts. Not hard to confirm with firewall logs bc of timestamps and internal IP addresses.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 4 days ago

Interesting. Got it. Pihole is helpful as you said. Also maybe set a firewall rule for vlc not be able to connect to the wider Internet.

[–] Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Disconnect from the internet while watching. Close it when you finished. Restart your computer, then connect to the internet and you should be fine I think

[–] tkw8@lemm.ee 39 points 5 days ago

I’m all good. I really wasn’t asking for tech support. Just sharing something with the community. Don’t worry, Sony didn’t get my data.

Thanks for the helpful thoughts though.

[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

VLC can play blurays?

[–] potatobro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 5 days ago (3 children)

VLC plays everything

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 days ago

I am sometimes surprised to find new things VLC can do, it's awesome.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

But for real, does it play blu rays? I was under the impression it did not and you had to get that $100 program.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 5 days ago

It does. Last time I did it, though, it required a couple of files to get going. Have a look here for info: http://fvonline-db.bplaced.net/

[–] tkw8@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago

It does but I use makemkv for the Blu-ray decryption

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Not UHD discs. Those don't play on windows.

[–] AgentRocket@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago

Not out of the box, AFAIK, but there is a plugin. I never got it to work though, because you also need some up-to-date certification file.