In Through The Out Door

HD-DVD and Blu-Ray AACS DRM Cracked:EGSonikku writes “According to this article on Endgadget, the AACS DRM used in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray has been cracked. The program allows one to decrypt and dump the video for play on a users hard drive, or it can be burned to a blank HD-DVD and played on a stand-alone player. According to the accompanying video, a source release for the program will be made available in January. Time to get that $200 Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive?” Warning: this link contains video.

The Numbers Stations Analyzed, Discussed:GMontag wrote to mention a Washington Post article about the always-intriguing ‘number’ radio broadcasts…. The Post article gives a nice run-down on the truth behind the transmissions, and touches a bit on the odd community that has grown fascinated by them…. Chris Smolinski runs SpyNumbers.com and the ‘Spooks’ e-mail list, where ‘number stations’ hobbyists log hundreds of shortwave messages transmitted every month…. They’re mystery stations,’ explained Smolinski, who has tracked the spy broadcasts for 30 years.“ This article made me recall a great All Things Considered story from a few years back about Akin Fernandez’s ‘Numbers’ CD, a CD compilation of some of the most interesting strings of randomly read numbers reaching out across the airwaves.

The battle for wireless network drivers

US.gov looks to crypto to plug data leak holes