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Multiplayer: Battlefield 5 schlägt 2042

Ein erstaunlich großer Teil der Community spielt seit einigen Tagen lieber Battlefield 5 anstelle des neuen Serienteils 2042. (Battlefield 2042, Steam)

Österreich: Ex-Kanzler Kurz wechselt angeblich zu Palantir

Österreichs Ex-Kanzler Kurz wechselt angeblich als Manager ins Silicon Valley. Über den potenziellen Arbeitgeber wird eifrig spekuliert. (Silicon Valley, Google)

‘Widevine Dump”: Leaked Code Downloads HD Video from Disney+, Amazon, and Netflix

A GitHub user who goes by the name “Widevinedump” has published several repositories that allow people to download HD video from popular streaming platforms, including Disney+, Amazon, and Netflix. The code appears to be the real deal but the ‘free’ use is fairly limited and may not be very secure either.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

netflixetc With more ways to stream online video than ever before, protecting video continues to be a key issue for copyright holders.

This is often achieved through Digital Rights Management, which is often referred to by the initials DRM. In a nutshell, DRM is an anti-piracy tool that dictates when and where digital content can be accessed.

Widevine DRM is one of the leading players in the field. The Google-owned technology is used by many of the largest streaming services including Amazon, Netflix and Disney+. As such, keeping it secure is vital.

Widevine DRM

Widevine DRM comes in different levels. The L1 variant is the most secure, followed by L2 and L3. While the latter still protects content from being easily downloaded, it’s certainly not impossible to bypass, as pirates have repeatedly shown.

4K leaks are not that unique anymore either. The tools to bypass the strictest protection are made available through private channels and for a few days, they’ve been floating around in public as well.

A developer named “Widevinedump” posted a collection of download tools on GitHub. These include the ‘DISNEY-4K-SCRIPT’, ‘Netflix-4K-Script’, ‘WV-AMZN-4K-RIPPER’, ‘HBO-MAX-BLIM-TV-Paramount-4k-Downloader’, ‘APPLE-TV-4K-Downloader’ and several others.

TorrentFreak spoke to a source who confirmed that these scrips are indeed the real deal. That said, they appear to be relatively old pieces of code that may not be the most secure. Using these tools could get someone banned by a streaming platform, or perhaps worse.

Pay to Play?

There is another major issue that raises suspicion. Most of the download tools don’t come with the Content Decryption Module (CDM) that’s included to download 4K content. To gain access to that, people are required to buy it from the leaker, who writes that people can contact them via email.

That said, there is also a free L1 Content Decryption Module posted in the ‘LenovoTB-X505X-L1-KEY’ repository. A trusted source confirmed to TorrentFreak that this CDM is indeed working. However, as Widevinedump also notes, it may not be active for much longer.

“Working L1 CDM FOR NETFLIX & ALL SITES |AMZN-DSNP-Blocked|. Note This CDM Will Burn in 2-3 Days So Use as much u can..,” Widevinedump writes.

Punishment

While these leaks are a major blow to the streaming platforms, which do all they can to keep their content secure, the developer has another agenda. In addition to selling CDMs, the code was apparently leaked to “punish” some people on Discord, who we assume shared it privately.

“Hi! My name is WVDUMP. I am Leaking the CDM to burn it & punish few idiots that think themselves as dicord lords [sic],” the developer writes.

Needless to say, using these tools can lead to all sorts of trouble and is clearly in violation of the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions. As such, we doubt they will stay on GitHub for much longer.

That said, when something leaks on the Internet it’s generally pretty hard to put the genie back in the bottle.

Video posted by Widevinedump

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Smokers gave a home to bacteria that now sicken people with cystic fibrosis

Explaining how M. abscessus was ready once CF patients started living longer.

Smoking can really clog up the lungs, even for people who’ve never been near a cigarette. Turns out that smoking habits from the early 1900s are still inflicting damage—not on tobacco users or their families, but on people with cystic fibrosis.

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a hereditary condition that makes afflicted people’s mucus thick and sticky. Their lungs become breeding grounds for bacteria that healthy people’s immune systems easily defeat. People with CF often take antibiotics to prevent lung infections, but antibiotics don’t kill everything. A bacterium called Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is resistant to many common drugs, and it has become a plague in the CF community over the last couple of decades.

A few years ago, scientists began investigating how the plague originated. By analyzing M. abscessus genomes collected from people around the world, the researchers traced the bacterium’s spread over the last century. They found that decades before the 1950s—before medical advances let people with CF survive past infancy—M. abscessus was already spreading around the globe, and an old public health enemy was to blame. Smokers’ lungs created a reservoir where the pathogen could live and reproduce, a reservoir that quickly spilled over when people with cystic fibrosis began living into adulthood.

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