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Distributed TiVo Code Cracking

Posted by michael on from the wait-for-the-video dept.

Twostep writes "With the newest version of the TiVo software (Version 3.2), TiVo has once again changed the secret password to enter "backdoor" mode, which lets advanced users enable hidden features. Unlike last time, people were not able to quickly find the new code, so a distributed computing project was started to find the backdoor codes. You can read about it Here, grab the Linux or Windows clients and pitch in some CPU time for a good cause."

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  1. Technique by RoC+MasterMind · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's been proved and proved again that changing the code to get to the "secret menu" is not effective. If these companies really want to keep people out, they should get rid of the secret menu.

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  2. Re:hmmm.... is this redundant? by JabberWokky · · Score: 1, Redundant
    As I said, it was a poor analogy. I was also awake at 5am having spent the night wrestling with a server/firewall that was balking at serving DNS. I'm not attached to the bike analogy - it was the first that came to mind. :) The swingset analogy is marginally better, but I still picked that off the top of my head, so don't pick at that one either. They were just used to illustrate points... which you agreed with, so I think you got the points.

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