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Bender:


--- Quote from: jimmy2x2x on October 02, 2010, 07:19:12 pm ---Same way as the Datel or Paewang sticks I would imagine


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and how's that?
just curious how they get around it, and can M$ disable it with an update?

jimmy2x2x:

According to efnet/SRKTT they simple bought the chips directly from source, the encryption hasn't been broken afaik.

RandyT:


--- Quote from: jimmy2x2x on October 03, 2010, 06:38:04 pm ---According to efnet/SRKTT they simple bought the chips directly from source, the encryption hasn't been broken afaik.

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The board looks like it has the same chips on it as the Datel board.  The MS encryption chip is obviously not present.  AFAIK, it's a very small 8-pin chip.  If it's a hack, it may be possible for MS to nuke it in a future update.

Also, just purchasing said chips "directly from the source" wouldn't save one from the wrath of MS's IP department.  There's a reason why "licensed" controls are presented as such.  But as long as you don't try to base a commercial product on one, and don't mind taking a chance that it stops working at some indeterminate future date, then it might be useful.

Then again, Sony just rendered pretty much all unauthorized 3rd party controllers non-functional as of update 3.50, so it'll be interesting to see if even that side of it works when / if it's released.

RandyT

AndyWarne:


--- Quote from: jimmy2x2x on October 03, 2010, 06:38:04 pm ---According to efnet/SRKTT they simple bought the chips directly from source, the encryption hasn't been broken afaik.

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The encryption has been broken. The chips that MS used are specifically produced for encryption and are sold by the suppliers as hack-proof. Thats a very rash claim to make and I suspect lawsuits are flying around between that supplier and MS at the moment!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/17/infineon_tpm_crack/

But another way around this is to require plug-in of a wired controller. Many Xbox 360 converters require this but dont mention it in the sales blurb.

jimmy2x2x:

Wow!

So it HAS been broke, there is no risk of these being disabled with a future update?

I would imagine a hack could be disabled.

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