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Chrome Bug Makes It Easy To Download Movies From Netflix and Amazon Prime
A vulnerability found in Chrome by researchers allows people to save copies of movies and TV shows from streaming websites such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. From a Gizmodo report:The vulnerability, first reported by Wired (Editor's note: Wired blocks adblockers), takes advantage of the Widevine EME/CDM technology that Chrome uses to stream encrypted video from content providers. Researchers David Livshits from the Cyber Security Research Center at Ben-Gurion University and Alexandra Mikityuk of Telekom Innovation Laboratories discovered a way to hijack streaming video from the decryption module in the Chrome browser after content has been sent from services like Netflix or Amazon Prime. The researchers created a proof-of-concept (which is currently the only evidence of the exploit) to show how easily they could illegally download streaming video once CDM technology has decrypted it.Google was notified of the bug last month but is yet to patch it.
So stop being the asshole who posts links to Wired.
Stop being the asshole who blocks ads/won't pay for a subscription.
DRM will always fail.
If it is on a screen or through a speaker
I can capture and re-feature
So spend your money and waste your time
I want media I buy to be mine
I can watch it on a tv
I can watch it on a phone
I can watch it in a car
I can watch it at home
I know to this you are appalled
But any other way and we don't want it at all.
Some people believe that one day they'll figure out how to let you listen to something without you being able to record it, or show you something without you being able to take a picture of it.