i don't understand this prejudice. i'm starting to think that i am being trolled.
No, I think I'm being trolled, but not particularly well. If you're going to do a misinformation troll, it needs to be more difficult to refute you. Make some informative-sounding BS up about quantum physics or something like that... I went to http://adsx.com/prodservpart/verichip.html, and there's nothing that mentions encryption.
How VeriChip Works
An implantable, 12mm by 2.1mm radio frequency device, VeriChip is about the size of the point of a typical ballpoint pen. It contains a unique verification number. Utilizing an external scanner, radio frequency energy passes through the skin energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then emits a radio frequency signal containing the verification number. The number is displayed by the scanner and transmitted to a secure data storage site by authorized personnel via telephone or Internet.
See? Nothing that says it does any encryption. Sounds like a plain old RFID vets and farmers implant into animals.
Sure, they're using VeriChip. Even the USA Today article says that. Why do you assume that the VeriChip has a processor capable of doing any encryption?
This is avoided with Verichip, as the 128 bit number changes with each transaction in a manner specific to that chip... Go to www.adsx.com.
OK, I went there, and I'm not seeing it... got a specific link? What I see is:
A small amount of Radio Freqency Energy passes from the scanner energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then emits a radio frequency signal transmitting the individuals unique verification (VeriChipID) number.
No mention of the number changing. I didn't even see where it said that it was a 128-bit number. Surely such a highly-moderated comment was verified by the moderators, right? Oh wait, this is slashdot... never mind.
And they've been done for what, 20 years now? MacOS has used deadkey input for accented characters for ages. Option-u o for ö. Run Key Caps for details.
Yes, there was a hole/bin/login too, but if you're running a desktop that you don't expect to log into from anything other than the console, you can turn off crap like telnetd.
How's that any different from Windows? If you don't expect to log into a NT/2K/XP box from anything other than the console, you can turn off the Server service. Either use the Services applet, or completely uninstall "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" from your network connection.
Just because you don't know how to do something doesn't mean it can't be done:P
Some people think it's l33t to be running a warezed copy of a server OS as their desktop system. Why does a server need a dual-head setup? My server doesn't even have a monitor...
The answer bubbles on SATs are packed much more densely than on the ballots I've used. There's enough spacing between the bubbles that it'd be difficult for a properly-filled bubble to smear to the next one.
Seeing that the "d" in BBC's Dirac is actually a Greek lowercase delta, I think it is named after the same guy. The Dirac delta function shows up a lot in the maths used in digital signal processing.
I'll bet most non-VI users don't know whether their editor even has a command to delete to the end of the line, and even less what the command is if there is one.
I'm a Windows Notepad user, and I know how to do it... move to the end of line is the "End" key; therefore, delete from cursor to end of line is Shift-End, followed by the Delete key. Copy from cursor to end of line is Shift-End, followed by Ctrl-C. Similarly, since move to the beginning of the line is Home, delete from cursor to the beginning of the line is Shift-Home, followed by Delete. Copy from cursor to beginning of line is Shift-Home, followed by Ctrl-C. And it's exactly the same for the other movement commands--the command by itself moves the cursor; if you hold down the shift key at the same time, it defines an area for the following action command to work on.
So you see, it's actually very similar to vi, but superior in that instead of entering the action first followed by a movement that defines the area the command will act upon, it reverses it and uses the movement keys to define an area, which you then follow with a command (Delete, Copy, Cut, Replace, etc...) From what I hear, this is similar to the "RPN" used by HP calculators, where you put in the numbers, then tell it what you want to do with those numbers. The techie types seem to love HP calculators, and if they work in the same style as Notepad, I can see why!
If you import a protected song into an iMovie project, iMovie will transcode the.m4p into an.aiff file that you can find in the Media folder of your project.
The hoopla is that these utilities let you do it without transcoding. Of course you can decrypt the m4p to a PCM file: use iTunes to burn it to an audio CD; the iMovie trick you mentioned; or one of the utilities that uses QuickTime to do the conversion. However, if you prefer that one song not take up 50 megs or so of disk space, you'd have to recompress it and lose some quality. m4p2mp4, playfair, and DeDRMS get you a non-DRMed compressed AAC file with no quality loss.
Like I said, the code to retrieve the keys currently requires an iPod or a Windows system. I'm wondering if anyone's working on figuring out how to retrieve the keys on an OSX system.
Maybe because the.NET class library includes a Rijndael (AES) class.
Still don't see any support for getting the decryption keys from a MacOS X system though:(. I don't have an iPod or iTunes for Windows, just iTunes for Mac.
The schematics, PCB design, parts list, and firmware (including source) are all on the site. I think the idea is that you build it yourself if you want one.
You don't know what you're talking about. Playfair isn't a GUI. It's a command-line utility. How about you actually look at it before making declarations on what it is?
No, it doesn't reencode the files. It extracts the encryption key from an authorized iPod or Windows machine and uses it to decrypt the m4p (looks like they're encrypted with AES).
The cracking operation can only be done on songs the user has already has valid licenses for and requires either an iPod or a windows computer for key recovery
So is anyone working on a way to get the system key from a Mac? I don't have an iPod, nor do I feel like installing and authorizing iTunes on my Windows machine.
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No, I think I'm being trolled, but not particularly well. If you're going to do a misinformation troll, it needs to be more difficult to refute you. Make some informative-sounding BS up about quantum physics or something like that... I went to http://adsx.com/prodservpart/verichip.html, and there's nothing that mentions encryption.
See? Nothing that says it does any encryption. Sounds like a plain old RFID vets and farmers implant into animals.Sure, they're using VeriChip. Even the USA Today article says that. Why do you assume that the VeriChip has a processor capable of doing any encryption?
OK, I went there, and I'm not seeing it... got a specific link? What I see is:
No mention of the number changing. I didn't even see where it said that it was a 128-bit number. Surely such a highly-moderated comment was verified by the moderators, right? Oh wait, this is slashdot... never mind.They do have meaning.
1000kita-------!
And they've been done for what, 20 years now? MacOS has used deadkey input for accented characters for ages. Option-u o for ö. Run Key Caps for details.
How's that any different from Windows? If you don't expect to log into a NT/2K/XP box from anything other than the console, you can turn off the Server service. Either use the Services applet, or completely uninstall "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" from your network connection.
Just because you don't know how to do something doesn't mean it can't be done :P
Some people think it's l33t to be running a warezed copy of a server OS as their desktop system. Why does a server need a dual-head setup? My server doesn't even have a monitor...
The answer bubbles on SATs are packed much more densely than on the ballots I've used. There's enough spacing between the bubbles that it'd be difficult for a properly-filled bubble to smear to the next one.
Seeing that the "d" in BBC's Dirac is actually a Greek lowercase delta, I think it is named after the same guy. The Dirac delta function shows up a lot in the maths used in digital signal processing.
I'm a Windows Notepad user, and I know how to do it... move to the end of line is the "End" key; therefore, delete from cursor to end of line is Shift-End, followed by the Delete key. Copy from cursor to end of line is Shift-End, followed by Ctrl-C. Similarly, since move to the beginning of the line is Home, delete from cursor to the beginning of the line is Shift-Home, followed by Delete. Copy from cursor to beginning of line is Shift-Home, followed by Ctrl-C. And it's exactly the same for the other movement commands--the command by itself moves the cursor; if you hold down the shift key at the same time, it defines an area for the following action command to work on.
So you see, it's actually very similar to vi, but superior in that instead of entering the action first followed by a movement that defines the area the command will act upon, it reverses it and uses the movement keys to define an area, which you then follow with a command (Delete, Copy, Cut, Replace, etc...) From what I hear, this is similar to the "RPN" used by HP calculators, where you put in the numbers, then tell it what you want to do with those numbers. The techie types seem to love HP calculators, and if they work in the same style as Notepad, I can see why!
But I only use vi for quickie edits... emacs for any serious coding.
The hoopla is that these utilities let you do it without transcoding. Of course you can decrypt the m4p to a PCM file: use iTunes to burn it to an audio CD; the iMovie trick you mentioned; or one of the utilities that uses QuickTime to do the conversion. However, if you prefer that one song not take up 50 megs or so of disk space, you'd have to recompress it and lose some quality. m4p2mp4, playfair, and DeDRMS get you a non-DRMed compressed AAC file with no quality loss.
Like I said, the code to retrieve the keys currently requires an iPod or a Windows system. I'm wondering if anyone's working on figuring out how to retrieve the keys on an OSX system.
And how does that get me decryption keys for my songs?
Still don't see any support for getting the decryption keys from a MacOS X system though :(. I don't have an iPod or iTunes for Windows, just iTunes for Mac.
Can someone mod this kook's spamming down? He keeps reposting the same stuff over and over.
The schematics, PCB design, parts list, and firmware (including source) are all on the site. I think the idea is that you build it yourself if you want one.
Oh? That's too bad... I have no idea if they're being phased out; I'm from Texas, and saw them while on a trip to Baltimore and DC last year.
I think the DC Taxation Without Representation license plates are awesome :)
But if you feel like building it yourself, be my guest.
wagahai wa neko de aru
You don't know what you're talking about. Playfair isn't a GUI. It's a command-line utility. How about you actually look at it before making declarations on what it is?
No, it doesn't reencode the files. It extracts the encryption key from an authorized iPod or Windows machine and uses it to decrypt the m4p (looks like they're encrypted with AES).
So is anyone working on a way to get the system key from a Mac? I don't have an iPod, nor do I feel like installing and authorizing iTunes on my Windows machine.