No way people like that could hack into firmware...?
Then how do people hack into playstations and DVD players etc?
It can be done, it just depends if someone is dedicated enough to go the
distance. Now what if someone on this list were such a dedicated
hacker...
Note sure i how likely it would be that they could 'improve' on the
software though.
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: Jan van Wijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 26 July 2001 06:44
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: More RE: Amateur Photographer MZ-S review
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:39:26 -0700, Alan Chan wrote:
>
>Perhaps some hackers could improve the software upon it too.
Very unlikely,
'Hackers' is a very broad and vague term, but the ones most often heard
of
are people breaking into computer systems or into commercial software
breaking the security measures taken.
They ususaly do it for fun, money or prestige ...
Now, their field of expertise is almost exclusively on computer-software
with
a heavy focus in Windows and Unix/Linux. (Intel based processors)
There is NO way people like that could hack into firmware of something
as specialized as a camera, with dedicated processors in them and
no regular way to attach to it using your own computer ...
Regards, Jan van Wijk
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Jan van Wijk; www.fsys.demon.nl
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