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Wii Internet Connection Reverse Engineered

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the probably-violating-some-sort-of-lame-law dept.

AlexTheBeast writes "By packet sniffing his Wi-Fi connection, this hacker has already begun to dig into the internet interactions of the new Nintendo Wii. Basically, by using Firefox and after setting the user agent correctly, anybody can easily browse many WiiShop pages including the WiiShop main page and startup manual. More advanced connections including binary and virtual console downloads are currently in the works. Come join the project."

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  1. OMG!!! DMCA!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Pirates! You are killing our livelyhood! Shame on you! etc etc tec ad nauseum

  2. FAILZORS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The proje37 as a

  3. Reverse engineered? by sid77 · · Score: 1, Troll

    !iiW

  4. Re:DMCA violation...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Isn't reverse engineering the Wii packets to figure out the proper browser user string a DMCA violation?

    Only if you live in Suckmerica.