Digital Television and Smart TVs

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Abstract

With the introduction of digital television and Smart TVs, the TV landscape has changed radically. Smart TVs feature a variety of digital services, ranging from video-on-demand services to broadcast-related, interactive applications. This change has added a lot of complexity to the formerly rather isolated television system. As a side effect, these connected devices are becoming a target for criminals, threatening the security and privacy of consumers. This work gives insights into several practical attack vectors, together with experimental results and countermeasures.

Keywords

Random Access Memory Digital Right Management Block Cache Memory Layout Digital Right Management System 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Security in TelecommunicationsTechnische Universität BerlinBerlinGermany

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