Twenty-five years ago it was cryptography, today it's model weights | Hacker News

A Hacker News discussion compares older cryptography debates with today’s concerns about model weights, using DRM and piracy as examples.

The core argument is that if one bypass works once, protected media can quickly become widely available online.

It highlights the limits of technical copy protection and the way analog-hole style workarounds undermine strict controls.

The post argues that DRM often burdens legitimate users more than it stops unauthorized copying.