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Hacking The DS's Wireless

Posted by timothy on from the limited-but-so-what dept.

xNoLaNx writes "Darkain, maker of the remote control program for Winamp, RM-X, has been working day and night hacking the Nintendo DS and its wireless, and making a custom USB power connection for it. He has been able to monitor packets over 802.11b coming from PictoChat and more."

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  1. Re:Clue for the clueless? by mrseigen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, once we get the Pictochat protocol down we can sniff people's vapid IM conversations. Plus, the DS supports multi-boot so eventually we might be able to force game code onto it.

  2. Re:Clue for the clueless? by unixbob · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would make it an N-Gage then?

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  3. Re:Clue for the clueless? by Mechanik · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cool! It would be just like a cellphone! Except it would be really expensive, not have a good form factor for this type of use. And now you can't even play games on it. ;-)

    You mean like the N-Gage?

  4. Re:Jeez... by NeoGeo64 · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can play Frozen Bubble wirelessly! duh :P

  5. Re:DS as general-purpose internet client by Snowmit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please, yes! And while you're at it, make some scheduling software for so that I can claim that it's my PDA and I need it at meetings.

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  6. Oh My Gosh. by i+paxed+the+fridge · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes! Now I can finally monitor packets with my Nintendo DS!

  7. Devkit for the rest of us please! by shumacher · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nintendo, I know you won't listen to me, but please, do what Sony did with the Aibo and release a consumer-grade development kit!

    1. Re:Devkit for the rest of us please! by Knetzar · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nintendo, I know you won't listen to me, but please, do what Sony did with the PS2 and release Linux for it!

    2. Re:Devkit for the rest of us please! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nintendo, I know you won't listen to me, but please, do what Sony did with Michael Jackson and pretend you don't know these freaks.

  8. Re:travel risks... by Stevyn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now I got to worry about packet sniffing dogs when I cross the border into Mexico? Great!

  9. all we need... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    is a program to scan for DSes and when pictochat packets are seen, join that local network and paste nasty pictures on their screens. that'll teach those kids the importance of secure networking!

  10. TIAJ,S by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 2, Funny

    making a custom USB power connection for it

    Hook it up to a wireless USB adaptor and you'll have wireless power!