Craftsmen have access to Google Chromecast software

Less than a few days from the date of the announcement of the Chromecast TV-stick, as craftsmen have already gained access to the secrets of this device. All this was done by the gtvhacker team. The guys created an exploit to help get the root shell through port 23. The team hopes that the work done will help third-party developers to create their own software for this device.

Of course, Chromecast has its flaws, which, perhaps, will be eliminated by third-party developers.
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But the most interesting thing is not this, but the fact that as the OS for Google Chromecast is not used ChromeOS, but rather, a modified Android. Installing apk-packages here seems to be impossible, but the bootloader, kernel, binaries, etc. - all this is taken from Google TV.

Here is a video of the process of gaining access to the secrets of the device from Google:



Well, the details of "hacking" TV Stick can be found here .