Tuesday, December 21, 2010

AirPlay, Apple TV authentication and protected iTunes content

Erica continues her hacking explorations into the Apple TV and AirPlay.
Here's the thing. As far as I can tell, you can play back any content that plays back in your iPhone's iPod and video applications on any Apple TV. That includes DRM content, all that encrypted stuff that normally requires you to register your computer with your iTunes account.

Somehow the AirPlay protocol sends over enough information to the Apple TV to allow that device to gain at least temporary authorization to play

Cheap iPods

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