When you stream a movie on Netflix, watch a live sports event on Hulu, or rent a video on Amazon Prime, that content is protected by to prevent unauthorized copying. Widevine is the most widely used DRM system on the web, handling licensing, decryption, and secure playback.

Before diving into Brave specifically, it’s essential to understand Widevine . Developed by Google, Widevine is a proprietary Content Decryption Module (CDM) . It’s a software component that allows web browsers to decrypt and play copyrighted, encrypted video content.