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The HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementation (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 8 months ago by smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Eli5, what are the security risks of my HDMI cable?

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 83 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Piracy being easier is the only risk. Once again ruining the experience of legitimate customers to try and stop a thing that they have had no success at even slowing down.

[–] Acters@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago

Even further, it made it more expensive to buy products from all the dumb licensing fees that all the middlemen try to shoehorn in.

[–] fidodo@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

The security of mega Corp IP.

[–] Eideen@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

HDMI 2.1cspecs are closed source.

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 8 months ago

Having to use systems that swing to more closed solutions is going to degrade security in more places.

[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

First thing I could think of is taking advantage of the ARC to spy on you.