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Clever Hacker Creates Myth TV Remote for iPhone

By , Tuesday, Aug 14, 2007
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Kyle Stoneman managed to successfully setup his very own Myth TV box. After dancing wildly through the living room, shouting with glee, like a nine year old boy on Christmas morning, his elation was soon dampened when he realized that controlling the box required sitting next to a computer. Lame.

So the industrious would-be hacker came up with a solution – use the iPhone as a remote. And wouldn’t you know it, the son of a b*tch did it!. He even posted a video demonstrating his creation.

You can read more about his exploits and download the script, which he is making available for free.

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  1. tijs says:

    sorry, the last message is not for here:D anyway, please write an email to me, if you’re interested in the pictures, or simply make a post:) thanks: tijs

  2. alt says:

    I was thinking just now about this and realized that it isn’t that hard of a thing to do. He just wrote an app that uses SSH over wifi to send commands to his MythTV box. MythTV being linux based…this is ez mode.

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