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CVS Disposable Camcorder Hacked

Posted by timothy on from the intentionally-left-blank dept.

ptorrone writes "We've been watching this on MAKE closely- and the king of the one-time digital camera hacks/analysis finally got his hands on a CVS Camcorder on Friday, the 24th via someone shipping him one FedEx. Within 18 hours, he had slurped the flash memory and has the unencrypted, XVID codec, 320x240, 30fps movies stored in the camera on his computer."

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  1. oh yeah! by bigwavejas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Getting a used Pure Digital / CVS Disposable Camcorder shipped to you... $15 dollars
    Taking the day off work to be at home for the Fed-ex delivery... $140 dollars
    Spending 18 hours hacking the camera for 30secs of video... Priceless!!!

    --
    "Simplify, simplify, simplify!" Thoreau
  2. Hacking Cameras... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... isn't nothing sacred anymore? The next thing someone will hack will be the Hubble Space Telescope.

    1. Re:Hacking Cameras... by ari_j · · Score: 4, Funny

      ... isn't nothing sacred anymore?

      Evidently, nothing is sacred anymore. Not even grammatical rules against double negatives in the English language.

  3. Interesting.. by Thomas+DM · · Score: 3, Funny

    This will finally enable you to create your own cheap sextapes, without the chance that some curious CVS employee(s) will see your work..

    1. Re:Interesting.. by jackcarter · · Score: 5, Funny

      This will finally enable you to create your own cheap sextapes, without the chance that some curious CVS employee(s) will see your work..

      And the fact that it only works for 30 seconds is perfect for Slashdot users!

  4. Good thing this person isn't in high school by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 4, Funny

    He might have gotten charged with a felony.

  5. Re:WTF is CVS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're for taking CVS snapshots.