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TiVo Awarded Patent For Password You Can't Hack

Posted by Zonk on from the un-hack-able dept.

Davis Freeberg writes "TiVo has always been known for thinking outside of the box, but this week they were awarded an unusual patent related to locking down content on their hard drives. According to the patent, they've invented a way to create password security that is so tough, it would take you longer than the life of a hard drive in order to figure it out. They could be using this technology to prevent the sharing of content or it could be related to their advertising or guide data, but if their encryption technology is really that good, it's an interesting solution for solving the problem of securing networks."

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  1. So.... by revlayle · · Score: 5, Funny

    3-4 weeks tops?

  2. New Marketing Tool by ProdigySim · · Score: 5, Funny

    Make a security claim so wild that every hacker will buy your product to try to crack it. $$$$

  3. Nothing Is Unhackable by mmurphy000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I was a wee tot, I remember seeing a single-panel _Dennis The Menace_ cartoon. The cartoon itself had Dennis' father at a boardroom-type table with a few other people, his briefcase open, and various parts spilling out. The caption was something like "Gentlemen, our new bathroom scale did not pass the 'Dennis test'. We cannot refer to it as 'unbreakable'".

    Since then, whenever I've heard about something claiming to be unbreakable, I picture a very broken bathroom scale...

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  4. Re:Really? by kimvette · · Score: 5, Funny

    TiVo has always been know for thinking outside of the box,


    No they're not. They've always been known for seeking to keep everything IN the box.
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