Re: [offtopic] Re: I2c was: Cobalt Micro (was Re: Build your own Motherboards)

Alex Buell (alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 08:57:52 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Would it be possible to crack open my TV, find the tuner area, locate the
> > I2C, hook it to the computer and sniff it, then use the computer to
> > control the TV? (same for microwave and other such devices)?
>
> In theory. Most TV's have several i2c busses. Or you could just buy a tv card

Also, it's how you can crack encrypted cable tv signals. Most of them uses
a shitty encryption algorithm. 8) Or is that not possible?

Cheers,
Alex.

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