[geeks] encrypted video cable?

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 @ 12:34 -0400, Sridhar Ayengar said:

> Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> > [0] They exist.  Essentially, they have an HDMI port on one end, an ID
> >      and private key for an actual HDMI monitor inside, and a DVI-D port
> >      on the other end.  I suspect these won't be for sale forever, and
> >      there's a good chance the "cloned" hardware ID will eventually find
> >      its way onto the blacklists.
> 
> What I expect would probably be the long-term "fix" for this problem 
> would be to create a box which masquerades as an extremely popular 
> display device's ID, or one that rotates its ID among a pool of popular 
> IDs.  Probably wouldn't be all that hard to conjure up.

The next step is mandating network connectivity.

Nothing you have works unless it first phones home to verify you have
the "right" to use it.



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