Niels Fergusen is a cryptographer

Niels Fergusen is a cryptographer who has found serious vulnerabilities in HDCP, an Intel-developed protocol for copy-protecting broadband video transmissions — something that the entire film industry intends on depending on to protect their inventory of video. Fergusen claims that an experienced engineer could burte-force the "master key" to the entire system, rendering it utterly useless, in a matter of weeks. Of course, he can't say how this vulnerability works or even publish a patch that fixes the vulnerability, because then the DoJ would send him to jail. Isn't it great how the DMCA is protecting rights-holders' interests? Link Discuss (Thanks, Lisa!)