Replies to post #46338 on e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

[Sentinel]

Well, it may be risky in your opinion, but at least one content provider doesn't agree with you.

[Seaquestor]

Theft of the device could be prevented by attaching it to the seat or something along those lines.

[richardosborne]

I guess you expect the device to be given out without proper identification, a credit card, and who knows what else may be required.

Theft for $1000 is doubtful, and the studios are already under attack from piracy, so this system may be addressing that issue.

How do you know that they won't have a device built in to sound an alarm as an individual passes through a checkout point.

There are many ways to counterattack theft.

And one airline has already committed to the system, so it doesn't appear to be a worry of theirs.

[chuck329]

Cassandra since I have read every post on Agora the past few days and did not see this please enlighten us as to the post if you can. That post never happened.

"According to another poster who supposedly spoke to RP, the so-called "encryption" is simply DivX encoding (posted on Agora a few days ago)."

[Tinroad]

The content encryption is not "simply DivX encoding", since it is common knowledge that the device uses MOS file management. As I have often pointed out, files stored via MOS cannot be read by non-MOS operating systems. So, even if someone were to steal a fully loaded device (after buying a ticket and surrendering their credit card info), they would still have to obtain the MOS software in order to copy the file's data in usable form. Since the MOS code is very hard to come by (you can't get it from the device due to the FPGA chip's security), theft might prove to be more trouble than it's worth.