Researchers have just discovered that a bug in the Google chrome browser let users download movies and shows from Netflix. David Livshits from the Cyber Security Research Center at Ben-Gurion University and Alexandra Mikityuk of Telekom Innovation Laboratories have reportedly discovered a way to hijack video that is being played in Google Chrome from either Netflix or Amazon Prime and then output it as a video file which can be played offline from any device.

The bug which was discovered eight months ago by the researchers seems to have existed since google integrated Widevine EME/CDM to it’s Chrome browser. A technology google owns but did not create (Google acquires Widevine in 2010 to secure Chrome streams and premium YouTube channels).

The Google Chrome uses the Widevine EME/CDM to play encrypted videos on the web browser and on over 2 billion devices that play protected videos.

Google’s Response

Even though the researchers notified Google about this bug just weeks ago, Google has been slow to get back to the team, which is why they have gone public now, though they haven’t actually released any technical details as to how they managed to find the bug in the first place. Google, for its part, is playing coy.

We appreciate the researchers’ report and we’re examining it closely. Chrome has long been an open-source project and developers have been able to create their own versions of the browser that, for example, may use a different CDM or include modified CDM rendering paths. The Chrome browser, however, is required to protect compressed video and does so.

Google will presumably validate the bug and then patch it if required, but with Chromium being out in the wild and presumably carrying the same bug, things may be about to get interesting for Google and its Chrome web browser.


Fight Against Piracy

No one knows for sure if this bug is been exploited by the pirates or they are just getting to know about it, but with Neflix providing very high quality videos, this will surely be a very long fight for the movie industries because high quality videos can now be pirated.

Netflix generates billions of dollars annually from its user base that spans over 190 countries including Nigeria and the movie industries have had a very strong trust in the service Neflix renders because it has drastically reduced the level of piracy.

Downloading movies from Netflix is strongly prohibited and since it’s launching, Netflix has been very strict with its policy and technology to avoid videos been downloaded from it’s platform.

It’s been a long battle for the movie industries to tackle pirates and they have been trying all they could to reduce the level of piracy in the movie industry. It now seems the fight against piracy is been taken to another field.

The video below shows you how the researcher uses this bug to download movies from Netflix.

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pls i don't know if you can help me.i find it hard to download video from one website even with idm.

Who still does Netflix?


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