Comment by renewiltord
3 years ago
That's true of almost all DRM, isn't it? Even for the most annoying form that is always-online DRM, everyone is provided the same access to the bytes that form a game. You and I have the same bytes of game.
It's the purpose of some of those bytes that turns it into DRM.
No, it's not the same. The game is non-functional without the proper keys/authorization whereas images run through this algorithm are still images that anyone and any computer can view in the same manner without any authentication.
An analogy that springs to mind is the difference between an access control mechanism such as a door with lock and key versus whatever magical contrivance that prevents entry to a dwelling by vampires uninvited.
That may be an ok analogy, but magic isn’t real. Maybe a better analogy would be to speak or write in a language that you know certain people don’t natively understand, and using lots of slang and idioms that don’t translate easily. Someone could still run it through Google Translate or whatever, but they won’t get a great understanding of what you actually said. They’d have to actually learn the language and the sorts of slang and idioms used.
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