{"id":96619,"date":"2016-06-27T11:56:14","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T09:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=96619"},"modified":"2016-06-27T12:20:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T10:20:13","slug":"new-google-chrome-bug-makes-pirating-netflix-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/96619-new-google-chrome-bug-makes-pirating-netflix-easier","title":{"rendered":"New Google Chrome bug makes pirating Netflix easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bug in Google\u2019s Chrome web browser makes it possible to work around its Widevine digital rights management software, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/06\/26\/chrome-copy-protection-exploit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Engadget reported<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Security researchers from Ben-Gurion University released a video on YouTube about\u00a0the vulnerability, stating that you can use software\u00a0to copy Netflix movies.<\/p>\n<p>This is because the system does not\u00a0ensure\u00a0that the decrypted video is playing only in the browser. It is therefore possible to capture\u00a0the\u00a0video when\u00a0it is passed from Widevine to the browser\u2019s media player.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers will not reveal their technique until a patch is released.<\/p>\n<p>Engadget reported that Firefox and Opera use Widevine, and the vulnerability may also exist in these browsers.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5CkWjOvpZJw\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>This article was republished with permission from <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/169793-google-chrome-bug-makes-it-easier-to-copy-netflix-movies.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>More gaming news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Xbox Scorpio will be more powerful than PlayStation Neo\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/95815-xbox-scorpio-will-be-more-powerful-than-playstation-neo.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Xbox Scorpio will be more powerful than PlayStation Neo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to This is why DStv has video games on SuperSport\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/95925-this-is-why-dstv-has-video-games-on-supersport.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">This is why DStv has video games on SuperSport<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to This free mod adds over 100 hours of new content to Skyrim\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/96567-this-free-mod-adds-over-100-hours-of-new-content-to-skyrim.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">This free mod adds over 100 hours of new content to Skyrim<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Google Chrome bug allows you to easily pirate Netflix streams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":88021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[31,475,10751,9065,17688,15401],"class_list":["post-96619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-entertainment","tag-active","tag-bug","tag-netflix","tag-pirate","tag-showmax","tag-streaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}