DRM Round-up: Q1 2019

Another 3 months of DRM. Time to see how the industry has done since Christmastime.

I have a policy of refusing to purchase any eBooks encumbered with DRM, which I observe strictly. My frustration has grown so immense that I have begun cataloguing all

Investigating a recent ebook DRM system (c. 2018)

Background

This post concerns a DRM system used in an online ebook platform, released circa 2018. Users of the platform can purchase ebooks and either view them online, or download them for offline viewing using a proprietary Android/iOS app.

As usual, the particular DRM system… »

Connecting Chromecast to hotel/enterprise WiFi with a spare laptop

The Google Chromecast does not support WiFi networks with captive portals (e.g. hotel WiFi) or WPA2-Enterprise/802.1X username/password authentication (e.g. eduroam or other enterprise entworks). This presents a problem when wired internet is not readily available and we do not want to use our mobile data.… »

Bookmarklet: Switch account from Google Forms

Click and drag to bookmarks bar: Forms Switch User

window.location='https://drive.google.com/accounts?continueUrl='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href.replace('formrestricted','viewform'));void(0);

Google Forms are sometimes restricted to… »