Privacy Digest

New AACS cracks cannot be revoked, says hacker: "In addition to being irrevocable, the hack has the potential to make future decryption even easier. 'This hack/technique enables us to figure out how the Volume ID is stored on the disc,' arnezami explained. 'It's very possible we would figure out [...] how the KCD is stored on the disc. Knowing that and being able to teach a PC drive how to read a KCD will open the door for what I called third-generation decryption.'

While this type of decryption (reading keys directly off a PC drive by sidestepping part of the encryption process) is still not a reality, it may not be too far off. The main issue is the cost of purchasing standalone high-def players by the hackers, but as prices for these come down, this problem will slowly go away."

(Read Original Article - Via arstechnica.)