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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.
DRM does not work. There will always be a way around it.
I am a Netflix subscriber. When I VPN into my work network my computer goes through a US proxy and I get the more featured US Netflix. If tool came out I would love it because I could download the show, and then watch it later through my media player.
And nearly all that content can be accessed faster and more easily via kat or piratebay.
bfd, really
https://app.box.com/WitthoftResume Code: https://github.com/cellocgw
Netflix Disc subscription... MakeMKV + handbrake. end up with far FAR better quality rips and 100% undetectable by the copyright police.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Amazon Prime claims that you can "own" the movie. Problem is Prime is still just a streaming service. It's false advertising and the reason I don't use Prime for movies. If I "buy" a movie, I expect to be able to d/l to a portable drive so I can watch it when I don't have a data connection. If I subscribe to streaming service, I won't have that expecation.
I think you mean Amazon Video, the division that sells content for download and purchase, not Amazon Prime which actually is a streaming service similar to Netflix. However, by this definition, you are buying movies from Amazon Video; not just streaming. Any video content that you purchase from Amazon can be downloaded to your Android or iOS device (including an external microSD Card in the case of the former) with the Amazon Video app for later playback offline; no data connection required. We do this regularly to watch movies from Amazon while on a flight, in a car with no wifi, etc. You can even download Amazon Prime video (which you do not own) and play it offline for a certain period of time, which I believe is 30-45 days from the time of download; quite reasonable for content that you do not own, IMO.
What you cannot do is play it back on any device with a player of your choice. Amazon Video, just like Apple's iTunes, Google Play, Vudu, UltraViolet partners, etc., places DRM on all content that they sell, and it will only play on authorized devices and software.
- Stealth Dave
Evil is as eval("does");
For real operating system users: :0.0 out.mpeg
ffmpeg -f x11grab -r 25 -s cif -i
For toy operating system users:
install uscreencapture dshow filter, then ffmpeg -f dshow -i video="UScreenCapture" out.mp4
You are welcome.
Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!
He wasn't talking about getting anything for free. He very specifically talks about media that has been bought.
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