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BBC iPlayer Fixed, Hacked Again

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BBC iPlayer Fixed, Hacked AgainThere was a big fuss when the BBC discovered its iPlayer service, under which users can download and watch programs for30 days, could be hacked, the digital rights management bypassed and the shows kept indefinitely.   No sooner had they put a fix in place for that than developer Paul Battley announcedhe’d hacked the iPlayer, making it available for Mac and Linux (currently only Windows and iPhone is officially supported).   Battley explained to ZDNet that he was able to hack by observing the legitimate communications between iPlayer and an iPod Touch. Using plug-in requests he was able to figure out whatchanges had been made to the code for iPlayer. Then he wrote his own hack code.   Battley said, "I did it mostly for entertainment and for the challenge of doing it. Also, I’m a Linux user,and the BBC iPlayer originally was only for Windows — I felt a bit alienated. The BBC released the iPhone version of iPlayer, and there’s no Linux support." The BBC has admitted it expectsthe service to be hacked again and again.       

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