To boost download speeds, Adobe dropped a stringent security feature that protects the connection between the Adobe software and its players. The software doesn’t encrypt online content, but only orders sent to a video player such as start and stop play. The flaw rests in Adobe’s Flash video servers that are connected to the company’s players installed in nearly all of the world’s Web-connected computers. This was designed stupidly,” said Bruce Schneier, a security expert who is also the chief security technology officer at British Telecom. “It’s a fundamental flaw in the Adobe design. The problem exposes online video content to the rampant piracy that plagued the music industry during the Napster era and is undermining efforts by retailers, movie studios and television networks to cash in on a huge Web audience. A box from is pictured on the porch of a house in Golden, Colorado July 23, 2008.
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