Patent Monkey: Tivo Locks, Takes Key to Your HD

Iria · May 13, 2007, 07:54 PM

Source: CrunchGear
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With ever increasing concerns about mob interest in cracking DRM, TiVo has added its own layer of protection to defend hacks into content. In a recently issued patent, TiVo describes use of an encryption key technique that has so many possible combinations that the ability to crack it could take billions of years of number crunching.

May 13, 2007, 07:54 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Patent Monkey: Tivo Locks, Takes Key to Your HD Source: CrunchGear __________ With ever increasing concerns about mob interest in cracking DRM, TiVo has added its own layer of protection to defend hacks into content. In a recently issued patent, TiVo describes use of an encryption key technique that has so many possible combinations that the ability to crack it could take billions of years of number crunching.