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On 1/8/2025 2:02 PM, Paul wrote:
> 
> And if I hadn't been in a rush, I would have found this one
> and tossed it in.
> 
>    https://developers.google.com/widevine/drm/overview
> 

  Doesn't help, anyway. This seems very fishy. I went to the library.
They were very helpful but didn't know anything. One librarian
loaded the movie I'd wanted on her cellphone and it started fine.

   That makes me wonder whether maybe these companies have
stopped supporting browsers for security reasons. Yet a browser
or a limited selection of TVs is the only option they list for
Desktop. Perhaps they've somehow misidentified me as being
on a mobile computer? But I tried 2 computers, 3 separate
Windows installs, 2 browsers on each, plus the RPi4. The only
commonality at this point seems to be my IP address. Yet both
Kanopy and Hoopla let me log in, browse, select a video. The
video just doesn't start.

   I did have an interesting experience with AI, though. I wrote
to Kanopy and got a generic resonse that told me to describe
the problem, which I'd already done. I wrote back. "Eustacia"
answered with a list of troubleshooting tips. I wrote back and
said it looks like no human is actually reading my emails, but I'm
writing back just in case. I reiterated the details.
    Eustacia then wrote back with an interesting response, saying
that, yes, actually, there are no humans. There's just an
auto-response providing standard troubleshooting tips. But if
I write enough times then the computer will forward it to the
developers. Was 3 times enough? I don't know.

   So no one is minding the store. It's an automated operation.
But I thought it was interesting that my wording seemed to
provoke the software to admit that I'm just talking to a computer.
That made me curious. With the right cues, could one make an
AI chatbot give one privileged information, like the home phone
number of the Kanopy CEO?

   And why are they pretending to have tech support? Why does
a bot write to me with a name, expressing sympathy? Do they
think that's somehow more helpful?

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