[geeks] encrypted video cable?

[Micah R Ledbetter]

On Sep 19, 2006, at 10:49, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, William Kirkland wrote:
>
>> I am interested in how "encrypted video cables" work.
>
> They move data from one end to the other.  In this case, the data
> happens to be an encrypted video stream.

> They're just cables.  My Ethernet cable is an "encrypted shell" cable,
> also an "encrypted web" cable.

> The devices on either end know what to do with the datastream, as  
> usual.

So there really *isn't* an encrypted cable, then. I figured as much.
After all, how would that work - you'd sell a jumble of atoms, and  
you have to use their closed-source Replicator until you "decrypt"  
the cable. :)

  - Micah