I might buy one of these now, what’s the quality?

eliot, the summary says “BillW wrote it based entirely on Sailpix

Yes, BillW makes a point to say:

“NOTE: this program was created by a chinese-wall reverse-engineering of the Legends application. My code was based solely on sailpix’s description of the algorithm, and I imagine it looks quite different from the real PD code.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_wall

So does this mean we should all run out and buy one of these cameras now while we still can before they change the algorithm used in future cameras?

Sorry if I’m being a n00b, but once I buy one, what do I do to unlock it?

Also, does this work on all versions?

After hacking these, how many minutes of video can they typically store?

danadamkof- 20 minutes is the stock, though you can get lower quality video that lasts much longer

all those doubting the legal status of this- trust me, billw, sailpix, and all the other fine hackers on camerahacking.com make sure that they don’t even mention anything that could possibly be illegal on the forum

shadow- the actual cvs cameras you can only get at cvs stores. pure digital does however sell these cameras to ritz cameras, so check youre local phone book if there isnt a cvs nearby.

mastershake- unless the process has changed since last summer, buy the camera, open it up, solder a usb cable (either female plug to camera, or just a male cable to camera) to the correct pins (diagrams on camerahacking.com), and use whatever software is out at the moment. unless its changed, the latest are at the pv2tools sourceforge project.

carpespasm- nice to see you on hackaday X)

disclaimer: im using what i remember from 8 or more months ago on this. check camerahacking.com for more, and guarenteed accurate, information.

In response to furtim, but to everyone, CVS drugstores are pretty much across the country, at least I think. We have them in Michigan and I know I’ve seen them in Las Vegas, so they have to be out that way too.

Sour grapes steve sour grapes, no one on here like you or you crappy little comments.

I’ve seen a CVS pharmacy inside my local Rite Aid that was just built, and lo-and-behold, they carried both the still and video cameras! So if you can’t locate a CVS store nearby, you might still be in luck with a Rite Aid.

*runs to buy some cameras*

admins, please delete this topic, at puredigital’s request

the nice guys at HEANET still have the cronuskey app online for anyone that wants it:
http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pv2devkit/
god bless sourceforge mirror sites!

you have to enter that url manually.. there’s some form of referrer lockout on it. if referrer != sourceforge or referrer != “” then bailout. copy-paste the url into the address bar, then hit enter.

and of course our old friend prdownloads.sourceforge still has the file:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pv2devkit/CronusKey-1.3.zip?download (click the link and choose your favourite sourceforge mirror)
there’s also -1.1 and -1.2.zip if you want the old code too – mod the url in the obvious manner…

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wow! what a nice little random generator… wow!!! what do ya know, if I use it on my camera, it unlocks it… what a coincidence :P

But the download appears to be corrupt… at least on this machine :p

does anyone know where to downloasd the files now?

rapidshare.de/files/27028138/CronusKey-1.3.zip.html

Sailpix and Billw did an excellent and, IMHO, completely legal job. Sailpix described the encryption used (rc2) and billw wrote a script that called openssl with the right command-line parameters. A perfect example of clean-room engineering.

which camcorder model and which still camera models will this work on (theoretically of course). Will the still/and or camcorder stream video to your PC?

CONSPIRACY THEORY ALERT: Could Pure Digital just have “accidentally” left their server unprotected to cause a run on older version products that were getting ready to be replaced by newer version products, as evidenced by the plug for their new camera? Not a bad way to move the old inventory, especially when they had proabbaly already changed the algorithim in the new version. Just a thought.

What happened was that someone left a secruity hole in their server open and some of the guys over at camerahacking forums got in there. Pure Digital then left a message in the forums asking carpespasm and the others to stop releasing the program used to unlock the camcorders to the public.

http://camerahacks.10.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=30305&highlight=#30305

i keep searching the web to buy that camera and i cant find it anywhere on the net. not eBay not Froogle anywhere, please direct me to a site where i can buy it online. Thank
halfon123@gmail.com

Send me a link or the file itself please:
reckel02@gmail.com

thanks

http://freelowell.com/downloads/camcorderpage/Camerahacking.html

All files are mirrored here, along with a howto. Hack away!

Does anyone know of a hardware-based solution for unlocking the fw 33.19 CVS cameras? I saw something like that on ebay, and wonder if it’s true or a scam. Also, is there a software solution for this – OPS .13 says no known method for unlocking.
PS I just found this site and you guy are actually very impressive – there’s a lot of really cool thinking in a lot of this stuff – keep it up! aof10@usadatanet.net
Thanks a lot!
Matt