A security hole in Adobe Systems software is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon’s  video streaming service.

Bruce Schneier, a security expert who is also the chief security technology officer at British Telecom said that there was a fundamental flaw in the Adobe design and it was designed “stupidly," said.

Adobe's Flash video servers doesn't encrypt online content, but only orders sent to a video player such as start and stop play.

Because download speeds were so slow dropped a stringent security feature that protects the connection between the Adobe software and its players.

In a recent security bulletin Adobe called on its customers to couple its software security with a feature that verifies the validity of its video player.

An Amazon spokesman denied that its Video On Demand service, which offers as many as 40,000 movies and TV shows on its Web site, can be pirated using video stream catching software. X

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