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TiVo Awarded Patent For Password You Can't Hack
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."
Now it sounds to me like the may have done just what everybody guessed they did so they used some code off the crypt chip my guess is that the code going to be something that you shouldnt be able to replicate maybe a serial number off the chip im no expert in fact compared to most of the people on here im relatively new to the technological field being only 16 but its just my best guess tell me if im wrong its just my wild theory
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