DVD Jon, who gained fame as a teenager for hacking the encryption scheme for DVD movies and has since been a thorn in Apple's side, is going corporate. The hacker, whose real name is Jon Lech Johansen, has released two products that simplify the flow of media across devices and social networks. These are the DoubleTwist desktop, which sits on the user's PC, and Twist Me, a Facebook widget. Both are currently available only for Windows Vista and XP; Mac versions will be issued by early summer.
February 20th 2008
Jon Lech Johansen was born to kill digital rights management technology. He started as a teen, adopting the handle DVD Jon. In addition to cracking open the technology used to encrypt DVDs, he's taken his hammer to Apple's FairPlay DRM. Recently, DVD Jon and partner Monique Farantzos founded DoubleTwist, a company that offers products like the DoubleTwist Desktop and the Facebook widget Twist Me, designed to simplify the flow of media across devices and social networks.