“We left the port open by design. And we’re not gonna sue the hackers.” — Microsoft

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That is actually pretty cool from Microsoft.

Y’know the contest where Adafruit offered $3,000 for whoever hacks Kinect and all? Well, the lucky bastard who “hacked” it first got the cash…

Anyway, according to the two articles I’ve sourced at the bottom, Microsoft have left the USB port open knowing that people would into it.
And to top it off, Microsoft will not sue whoever tampered with Kinect. In fact, they’re sort of happy that people figured it out and made new things to do with Kinect.

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2 thoughts on ““We left the port open by design. And we’re not gonna sue the hackers.” — Microsoft”

  1. FAIL!

    But Microsoft isn’t taking kindly to the bounty offer. Bounty offered for open-source Kinect driver – “Microsoft does not condone the modification of its products,” a company spokesperson told CNET. “With Kinect, Microsoft built in numerous hardware and software safeguards designed to reduce the chances of product tampering. Microsoft will continue to make advances in these types of safeguards and work closely with law enforcement and product safety groups to keep Kinect tamper-resistant.”

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20021836-52.html

    Somebody’s lying, and I’m putting my money on Microsoft.

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