Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Facebook

Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by chillydawg on Thursday September 19, 2019 @04:00AM (#21014248)

I was watching a ripped Spiderman years ago on my PS3 and the PlayStation refused to play it after 10 mins with an antipiracy message. This was via a network video server. Don't see why Sony would have rolled back that feature since.

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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by kingosticks on Thursday September 19, 2019 @06:09AM (#21014842)

This is Cinavia audio watermarking. It's designed to survive lossy compression by staying within the human audible range.

> If a "theatrical release" watermark is detected in a consumer Blu-ray Disc audio track, the accompanying video is deemed to have been sourced from a "cam" recording. If the "AACS watermark" is present in the audio tracks, but no accompanying and matching AACS key is found on the disc, then it is deemed to have been a "rip" made by copying to a second blank Blu-ray Disc.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinavia

Edit: that same page says its now a requirement for all consumer bluray players to use this tech. But I don't remember seeing those messages for years. The pirates must be winning with their methods of changing the signatures.

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