[citation][nom]kinggremlin[/nom]Of course there is. As was noted in the article by the developers of this, it has no practical use for pirates. Despite all the ROFLCOPTER $ony OWNED idiocy in the comments, this has nothing to do with copying Bluray movies. No one would use a method like this for copying movies. If you can't afford $10 movies, you can find all the movie rips you want for free at your local torrent site.This crack has real security implications. Being able to tap secure corporate and military data transmissions creates a legitimate security concern. Gloating over something like this is plainly stupid. This hack serves no practical benefit to the consumer. Granted, since this is a physical hack the person would have to have direct access to the cable carrying the signal, but a real working example is cause for concern.[/citation]
Gloating is stupid by itself. But there are certain security concerns consumers have and it's better to know that something is not bullet proof than to believe wrongly otherwise.
Concerning corporation and military security, anyone saying that this is compromising them is either outright lying or just plain ignorant. Corporations and especially military do not use consumer grade protection, especially not HDCP which has no application in military, zero, none, zilch, nada.