That means anyone who wants to disable any built-in plugins, including the DRM decryption module called Widevine, can no longer do so. It’s likely the vast majority of Chrome users just leave ...

Widevine uses two pieces of tech to protect content: the encrypted media extensions (EME), which handle key exchanges and other high-level functions, and a content decryption module (CDM), which ...

“There's no support in a Widevine CDM [content decryption module] for HEVC on Chrome, unfortunately,” he says. “And that's a must for any premium content provider, certainly any of the SVOD streaming ...

Security researchers have found an exploit in the DRM system of Google’s Chrome browser that makes it easy for pirates to rip encrypted videos straight from the web. David Livshits from Israel ...

However, once Google updates the Widevine private encryption keys and content decryption module (CDM) on May 31, video streaming services using Google's DRM-protection technology will no longer ...

The vulnerability, first reported by Wired, takes advantage of the Widevine EME/CDM technology that Chrome uses to stream encrypted video from content providers. Researchers David Livshits from ...

Widevine’s end-to-end approach to encrypting copyrighted content and preventing piracy is actually quite secure, according to researchers at Fidus Information Security, who developed the PoC.

Widevine uses encrypted media extensions to allow the content decryption module, or CDM, in your browser to communicate with the content protection systems of streaming services.

Widevine utilizes encrypted media extensions to connect Chrome's content decryption module with Netflix's and Amazon Video's content protection systems. The systems pass licenses between them to ...