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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] SD card

There is no on card processor on the SD cards..

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On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 16:46, Rick Leir <rick [ dot ] leir [ at ] sympatico [ dot ] ca> wrote:

> On 19/01/2012 3:10 PM, linux-request [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca wrote:
> > the actual capacity of the SD card was noticeably
> > less than advertised.
>  From wikipedia:
> All SD cards incorporate a digital rights management
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management> (DRM) scheme.
> Roughly 10% of the storage capacity of an SD card is not available to
> the user, but is used by the on-card processor to verify the identity of
> an application program
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_program> that it will then
> allow to read protected content. The card prohibits other accesses, such
> as users trying to make copies of protected files.
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