HDCP Master Key allegedly released

The Twitter-verse is abuzz with headlines of an alleged release of the HDCP ‘master key’. If this proves to be true, then hacking any HDCP-protected content for any HDCP-protected device is a possibility. In a Twitter post by user IntelGlobalPR from slightly more than a couple of hours ago, nothing much else is known about this discovery. The key has been described as “a forty times forty element matrix of fifty-six bit hexadecimal numbers”, and while those who are less technically inclined shouldn’t be too bothered by the jargon, it does mean that a compromised HDCP will enable users to bypass HDCP entirely, resulting in the authorities’ current ability to allow HDCP kill-switching remotely.

Master HDCP key released: http://bit.ly/aM84GD (please mirror and RT!) #drm #hdcp #defectivebydesign