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Re: Chromecast Rooted

#101

Post by mmastrac »

thibauts wrote: post #50

One thing it may allow is grabbing the private key it uses for Device Authentication and emulate a Chromecast on other devices. It would enable streaming from Chrome to anything using the Chromecast protocol. See [1]. I had a go at implementing the protocol server-side on node, so it's basically waiting for a valid cert. I couldn't test it much though it should work. See [2] and [3]. Any help welcome. [1] https://git…

I'd be interested to hear if you manage to extract a key from a Chromecast. I think I'll root mine now just to keep my options open.

Re: Chromecast Rooted

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Post by thethimble »

higherpurpose wrote: post #77
userbinator wrote: post #47

exploited a new vulnerability in the Chromecast which allows root access Normally, vulnerabilities would be considered a bad thing. Heartbleed is a great example of that. But in cases like these, it's a very good thing. This is why I always like to remind those whose goal is to build more secure systems to consider the implications of their work, lest our devices become even more secure against us. They usually have…

They could also decide to allow their devices to be unlocked in a secure way, instead of us having to rely on vulnerabilities, and then them having to fix them.

Devil's advocate: perhaps Google is taking a loss on the $35 device in exchange for user lock-in? I doubt the immense R&D behind building it would have been worth it otherwise.

I'm not arguing against unlimited freedom - just arguing against the expectation of unlimited freedom when all things are considered.

Re: Chromecast Rooted

#103

Post by djrogers »

Touche wrote: post #98
vidarh wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My phone is the one device I know will always have battery, because it is important enough for me that I always charge it. It's also the one device I know I will always have near me.

You won't have it near you if you are currently charging it.

What kind of geek doesn't have a USB charging port or two built in to (or close enough to) their couch? Couch charging has been the default for my wife for ages...

Re: Chromecast Rooted

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Post by cookiecaper »

kudu wrote: post #41
cookiecaper wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's greatly improved with XBMC 13.0+, which included a bunch of optimizations to make XBMC on the RPi more bearable. Go through the XBMC Raspberry Pi wiki page to turn off things that waste CPU (like the RSS ticker). It also helps to use rpi-config and select the modest overclocking option (the one that doesn't change any voltages). XBMC is very smooth after doing those things. The only issue I still have is that th…

Just wondering, what distro are you using? Did you set up XBMC on Raspbian yourself or are you using something pre-packaged like OpenELEC or Raspbmc?

I set it up on Raspbian, but I used the binary packages provided by [Michael Gorven](http://michael.gorven.za.net/raspberrypi/xbmc) instead of compiling from source as described by the Raspbian wiki.

Re: Chromecast Rooted

#105

Post by dooptroop »

thibauts wrote: post #50

One thing it may allow is grabbing the private key it uses for Device Authentication and emulate a Chromecast on other devices. It would enable streaming from Chrome to anything using the Chromecast protocol. See [1]. I had a go at implementing the protocol server-side on node, so it's basically waiting for a valid cert. I couldn't test it much though it should work. See [2] and [3]. Any help welcome. [1] https://git…

This is interesting. Never understood why this was a dedicated hardware-dongle, rather than an app for any number of HDMI-out capable android devices.

Re: Chromecast Rooted

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Post by Jemaclus »

Not super related to the rooting (which is awesome), but I have a Chromecast question:

I have a Chromecast and I love it, but the one thing I want to use it for that I haven't been able to figure out how is to show a dashboard at work. We have these giant TVs that are basically off all the time, except when there's a football game or something on, and I want to put up my stats dashboard for our app. Chromecast should theoretically make it easy for me to just stream the dashboard to the screen, but what I've found happens is that it goes to sleep after 10 minutes or so.

I don't want to spend hours and hours rooting around and figuring out application IDs and stuff. I just wanna click some buttons and have my dashboard show up and stay up all day. Are there any resources for that?

Or is Chromecast just the wrong tool for the job?

Re: Chromecast Rooted

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Post by bdpuk »

Jemaclus wrote: post #106

Not super related to the rooting (which is awesome), but I have a Chromecast question: I have a Chromecast and I love it, but the one thing I want to use it for that I haven't been able to figure out how is to show a dashboard at work. We have these giant TVs that are basically off all the time, except when there's a football game or something on, and I want to put up my stats dashboard for our app. Chromecast should…

http://greenscreen.io/ Any good to you?

Re: Chromecast Rooted

#108

Post by Jemaclus »

bdpuk wrote: post #107
Jemaclus wrote: post #106

Not super related to the rooting (which is awesome), but I have a Chromecast question: I have a Chromecast and I love it, but the one thing I want to use it for that I haven't been able to figure out how is to show a dashboard at work. We have these giant TVs that are basically off all the time, except when there's a football game or something on, and I want to put up my stats dashboard for our app. Chromecast should…

http://greenscreen.io/ Any good to you?

Oh neat. Thanks!
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