" Much to the chagrin of the entertainment industry, the encryption that protects most high-definition video content may have just been cracked "
" Much to the chagrin of the entertainment industry, the encryption that protects most high-definition video content may have just been cracked "
I was told Fox news isn't a reliable source. Is that true sere? Honestly, I've been watching ripped BluRays for the past couple of years so I don't really see the point here.
Last edited by .Sup (2010-09-15 14:24:21)
its only reliable if you believe it to be.Sup wrote:
I was told Fox news isn't a reliable source. Is that true sere? Personaly I hope it is but its kinda pointless really. I've been watching ripped BluRays for the past couple of years so I don't really see the point here.
then again CNN likes to report about gun fire when its only firecrackers
What exactly does this entail? When you make recordings off of your TV there's a way to remove the DRM? Because obviously BluRay's have been cracked for years.
HDTV rips have been available for ages. How is this "new"?
It's not that they can be 'ripped' now, but rather devices can be manufactured to break the HDCP encryption pathway from the device to the display and hijack the signal there. Such devices could never exist for long because the offending device key could always be revoked and newer players or updated old ones would no longer play nice with it. Now, the master key is out...so the protection is basically useless.
AFAIK, anyway.
AFAIK, anyway.
Last edited by SenorToenails (2010-09-15 15:33:59)
Yes, they have been because some cableboxes allow people to watch HD content through an unencrypted a/v stream, like component video. When I briefly had an HD cable box, that is how I used it and if I had had a HDTV tuner card for my computer, I could have copied HD shows as well. If you used HDCP compliant devices, you would need to have approved devices all along the video path and it is ONLY transmitted in encrypted form, so no one could tap into it and get a copy. Now that the key is out...devices can be made to break into that loop as a 'trusted device' and route unencrypted video to another source for copying, which would reach further than just Bluray, but would also allow the capture of digital downloads from places like iTunes and whatnot.Winston_Churchill wrote:
HDTV rips have been available for ages. How is this "new"?