Finally, someone has figured out a way to use the USB connection on an Apple TV to connect to an external hard drive. This is good news for folks wanting to greatly increase their download capacity.
The hack is not for beginners, and requires an Intel-Mac or Intel-based *nix to run the script.
For information and tutorial help on making use of this new hack without needing your own Mac expert, see the details here: Apple TV Hack
Check out this article on hacking Apple TV to enable the SSH.
As our privacy rights are continually eroded in this country, we’ll probably begin seeing more applications like this one making an appearance. Although MacLockPick is supposedly not for sale to the general public (only licensed law-enforcement may purchase the product), we all know that these things tend to find an underground distribution chain. So, it’s best to be aware of these things.
It appears that MacLockPick makes use of the loose security settings that come standard on the Mac (especially KeyChain). These steps will greatly increase the security (and privacy) of your Mac.
If you use the ‘Remember passwords’ on your browser, you should also enable a master password (in FireFox) to encrypt this information.
I will report here as more information on how this software is able to defeat Mac OS X security appears.
If you’ve ever tried to embed a Flash file into HTML, you’ll know that it can be frustrating. This excellent article goes over several methods and the reasons for using each.
