Intel has confirmed that the encryption code for a key DRM technology that was published on the web this week is the real deal.
Tom Waldrop, a spokesman for the chip maker, says the company has tested the code and found it to work.
“We can use it to generate valid device keys that do interoperate with the HDCP protocol,” Waldrop said.
The code is the master key for HDCP — a technology used in Blu-ray, HDMI and DisplayPort to prevent unauthorised copying. However using it to permanently disable copy protection is not straightforward, Waldrop said, as it would require the technology to be implemented in a chip. And even if that were accomplished, he added, there are sufficient legal protections to ensure those devices could not go on sale.
Waldrop said that the code had not been leaked, but probably extracted by hackers, though the exact method isn’t known.
[photo: Keys by Linus Bohman; some rights reserved]
