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DRM-Free OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked from GitHub


A project has been ejected from GitHub after OnlyFans alleged that its Widevine decryption toolkit made videos downloadable, DRM-free.

For streaming services such as Netflix, Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems provide a level of control over the company’s most valuable assets, including movies, TV shows, and other content for consumer consumption. When all goes to plan, DRM should also prevent end users from casually copying movies and TV shows, which should result in a positive contribution towards minimizing the spread of pirated content online; at least in theory. Unsurprisingly, Widevine has been exploited and reverse engineered over the years, as evidenced by the content it’s supposed to protect ending up on pirate sites, almost without exception.

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