Hacker cracks Apple's streaming technology

05:28 - Friday 13 August 2004 by Wolfgang Gruener
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: hacker, cracks, apples, streaming, technology Category : Miscellaneous

The Norwegian hacker famed for developing DVD encryption-cracking software has apparently struck again - this time breaking the locks on Apple Computer Inc.’s wireless music streaming technolog’y.

Jon Lech Johansen released on his Web site - defiantly named "So Sue Me" - a software key that helps to unlock the encryption Apple uses for its AirPort Express, a device that lets users broadcast digital music from Apple’s online iTunes Music Store on a stereo that’s not plugged into a computer.

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