01.04.2009 19:21 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Hulu begins encrypting HTML content to thwart non-browser apps

It looks like Hulu's trying yet another ill-fated tactic to keep its content restricted to traditional browsers and off things like Boxxee -- TunerFreeMCE's Martin Millmore says Hulu's HTML is now encrypted at the source and then decrypted using Javascript on the client. That means plugins that parse the Hulu site for links to content won't work anymore, but man, what a complicated monkey dance for basically no gain -- it's already been broken, and we're wondering what Hulu's going to do when Boxxee or another company stops playing around and simply builds a full-on WebKit or Gecko browser with a tweaked ID st

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