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Hacker Installs DOOM on Printer to Highlight Security Risks
A wireless Canon Pixma printer has been hacked to run classic video game Doom. The hack was carried out by security researcher Michael Jordon, and it took four months to get the game running on the hardware. He said he had undertaken the project to demonstrate the security problems surrounding devices that would form the "internet of things". Canon said it planned to fix the loopholes on future printers to make them harder to subvert.
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That hilarious, I want a hacker to install doom on my printer. Anyway to get in touch? lol
That office now has something awesome to do while waiting for large printouts and copies to complete.
Exactly!
I just hope we wouldn' t have to use the buttons on the printer as controls cuz that would suck.
But can it run Crysis?
How do you port something likee this?