DRM is harmful to our security. At best, its a necessary evil and its arguably not necessary and isnt worth the trade-off. Heres how DRM and the laws that protect it make our computers less secure and criminalize telling us about the problems. DRM Can Open Security Holes Digital Rights Management (DRM) itself can be insecure. DRM is implemented with software, and this software needs deep permissions into the operating system so it can stop normal operating system functions. The Sony BMG CD copy protection rootkit first released in 2005 is a perfect storm of DRM security..