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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 99 days ago
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A security hole in Adobe Flash video server software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com's video streaming service. The Adobe Flash video server software doesn't encrypt online content, but only orders sent to a video player such as start and stop play. To boost download speeds, Adobe dropped a stringent security feature that protects the connection between the Adobe software and its players. The Adobe Flash video servers are connected to Adobe's Flash video players installed in nearly all of the world's Web-connected PC computers. - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A security hole in Adobe Systems Inc software,
used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving
users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com Inc's video
streaming service.
The problem exposes online video content to the rampant piracy that
plagued...
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