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Ritz Dakota Digital

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140:, negated bitwise, and multiplied by 4. The weakness was that the hash function was stored in the firmware, so it could be completely understood and replicated. The PV2 used a better challenge and response mechanism. It was better not because it used a longer key (128 byte challenge, 128 byte response), but because the hash function was not stored algorithmically in firmware. Theoretically, the response could not be mathematically related to the challenge and the only correlation between the two could be a record saved in the manufacturer's database (which authorized processing systems would have to access to read pictures from the camera). In practice, though, only a few challenge/response pairs have been seen in the wild. 72:
the single-use Dakota Digital in attempts to transform it into what would be the least expensive reusable digital camera available at the time. In November 2003, only four months after it was introduced, they succeeded in this task. Technical details about the internal components were publicly posted
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Public announcement of how to transform the single-use camera into a reusable camera, paired with the very low camera price, immediately created high demand for the Dakota Digital. So Ritz began pulling the Dakota Digital out of its stores after learning of the hack, and the original camera soon
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When introduced, the Dakota Digital sparked massive interest, primarily due to its price tag: US$ 10.99. At the time, a digital camera of similar low-end resolution and functionality was in the $ 40–$ 70 range. The reason for the low price was that the Dakota Digital was a
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on the Internet, along with instructions for creating various compatible link cables that connected the Dakota Digital to home personal computers. In addition to this, special third-party software provided a way to download pictures and clear the camera's internal
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interface, and John figured out the authentication mechanism and how to disable it. Others figured out how to download the images using modified versions of software for SMaL's other cameras, and other people are reverse-engineering the proprietary
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format (after an additional $ 11 processing fee) while the camera is refurbished and resold. The Dakota Digital wasn't the very first digital camera introduced as a single-use concept camera -
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The security mechanism on the original camera consisted of a challenge and response. The challenge was the camera's serial number, and the response was the 4-byte result of a simple
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manufactured by SMaL Camera Technologies. Hacking of this camera has been more of a group effort than the first. John Maushammer removed and read the
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to allow more pictures to be taken. The technical data, instructions and software met all requirements to make the Dakota Digital reusable.
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In July 2004, a group of hackers made available methods to further improve the original Dakota Digital by upgrading the camera's
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series. One was similar to the original model with a price of $ 10.99, while the other, priced at $ 18.99, contained a color
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A few months after the original camera was pulled off the shelves, Ritz introduced two new models of Dakota Digital, the
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to produce a "disposable" video camera, which in turn formed the basis for the successful
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After their experience with the Dakota models, Pure Digital Technologies partnered with
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screen that displayed the most recent picture taken. Both were based on an entirely new
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Almost immediately after introduction, several people began work on
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Index

point-and-shoot
digital camera
Ritz Camera Centers
megapixels
single-use camera
CD-ROM
Pentax
hacking
flash memory
firmware
LCD
chipset
flash memory
disassembler
USB
RAW
hash function
ASCII
binary-coded decimal
Flip Video
CVS
Flip Video
"Pentax, Sanyo cooperate on single-use digicam!"
"Ritz prepares to sell single-use digicams"
"Disposable Digital Camera Interfacing - Pure Digital's Ritz Camera Dakota variant"
cite web
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"Use the (PureDigital) Dakota Digital Camera with your PC"
"Ritz Disposable Digital Camera Hacked"
"Dakota Digital Camera"

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