Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/21

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Subject: [Leica] Nikon encryption cracked
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Thu Apr 21 17:59:51 2005
References: <200504210713.j3L7BQXd083231@server1.waverley.reid.org>
 
http://news.com.com/Nikons+photo+encryption+reported+broken/2100 
-1030_3-5679848.html

This was on MacSurfer and cNet today


Story begins:

<A Massachusetts programmer says he has broken a proprietary encryption  
code that has effectively forced some Nikon digital camera <owners to  
use the company's own software.

<Because Nikon scrambled a portion of the file, legal worries have kept  
third-party developers like Adobe Systems from supporting <Nikon's  
uncompressed "raw" photos in their software. Nikon sells its Nikon  
Capture utility for $100....

Ric Carter
Garner, NC