iTunes 4.5 Authentication Cracked

fooishbar writes "Yesterday, Apple released iTunes 4.5, which deliberately broke the 4.2 authentication scheme, which had been successfully reverse-engineered. However, crazney has been at it again, and within 24 hours of downloading iTunes 4.5, has broken the new scheme, and added more features to this library along the way. If you want to incorporate iTMS support in your program, give libopendaap a go!" Reader ScottGant submits this story about the Pepsi/iTunes promotion: "News.com has this story about Pepsi's iTunes promotion give-away. The promotion, which is slated to end this Friday, was to have given away 100 million tracks through Apple's iTunes music site. But according to Apple on Wednesday, only about 5 million free songs have been redeemed."

Hmm

[Anonymous Coward]

But according to Apple on Wednesday, only about 5 million free songs have been redeemed.

So... 95 million valid codes left, where's the code generator? :-)

Re:Only five million?

[Matey-O]

Especially since the tracks are free

I only got about five free songs...See, I have this odd aversion to developing type 2 diabetes that limits the amount of sugarwater I want to drink.

Re:Only five million?

[Anonymous Coward]

I drink Diet Pepsi, so I opted for cancer instead.

Re:Only five million?

[Mattintosh]

In the St. Louis area, the local Pepsi bottler ran a promo giving away free Blues tickets instead of the iTunes promo. Right about the same time as the Blues fired their head coach during a massive slump, which they pulled out of in time to reach the playoffs and be eliminated in the first round. Pepsi sure knows how to market their product...

I'll stick with Coke, thanks.

Re:Fantastic.

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow. That's fascinating. I never realized the Great Wall of China ended in Japan.

Re:Fantastic.

[Profane MuthaFucka]

I'm a bit confused. So what you're saying is that Steve Jobs is the Emperor of Japan?

Re:What stopped me from downloading

[ScottGant]

You mean you missed the big honking Pepsi logo right in the middle of the iTunes home page that said "Redeem your free song here"?

Re:What stopped me from downloading

[tbone1]

So I took my number and went to iTunes.com. What a mess! What I was looking for was a place where I could enter my code and get a song. Instead, there was a confusing assortment of links like "Download", "Music Store", "Jukebox"... noplace that says "Enter your code here".

Gee, you mean that big icon on the main page of the music store, consisting of a Pepsi symbol with the text "REDEEM SONG", wasn't obvious enough, Mr. Savvy? Heeeere's your sign.

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People!! We are all on the same team!

[AnotherLostAtom]

Alright, so all I have to say about this is, don't make a Windows version of the hack Please !! If we all agree not to port the code to windows, then all the script kiddies will be waiting for a DRM breaker that naver comes, and they might BUY some CDS. I dunno I think that what is happening with File sharing is criminal. If I go to a US court I will just pull out the legal papers from my home Countre Canda, and try to prove that online file sharing is PERFECTLY FINE. It only got a slight drop when everybody was doing it, now with this suing shit happenting, everyone is back in the red. So what the hell is the problem? It's not illegal, it's fine, and content proveders. WE know you need money.. I will all works itself out, lets just stop the madness. Please?

So

[cubicledrone]

was to have given away 100 million tracks through Apple's iTunes music site. But according to Apple on Wednesday, only about 5 million free songs have been redeemed."

So iTunes is a failure.

Let's close it up. Unplug the servers and shut down the site.

They haven't sold enough Macs either, so let's close that down too. Can't make a dime unless they're the #1 record-setting, fastest-growing business in the history of civilization.

Re:Look at this link

[Anonymous Coward]

Holy crap. You would have to pay me to download stuff from any of those acts!

Re:Hooray!

[PhrostyMcByte]

Don't forget free quality pr0n, we want that too!

Re:Only five million?

[Anonymous Coward]

and I live in Canada, where the iTunes promotion wasn't valid, and the bottles were in the stores here. What the hell?

Re:Why do "free" songs require credit card numbers

[Anonymous Coward]

Clicking on a "redeem song" button and entering an e-mail address was too much work for you!? Remind me never to hire you for anything ever.

Re:Only five million?

[afish40]

It's all in the dosage. A can or two a day isn't going to hurt you. Drink a case a week and you're going to have all sorts of problems. Yes, but think of all the iTMS songs! *rushes to Safeway to grab up remaining winning Pepsi bottles*

Re:Only five million?

[Golias]

And like they say: If you can't give cancer to a white lab rat, you're just not trying.

It wasn't on Mt. Dew.

[kiddailey]

They surely would have reached all 100 million if they had put the codes on bottles of Mt. Dew as well :)

Re:Only five million?

[sh00z]

Houston was the same way. I got hooked when my first three all won. Six out of the nine bottles I bought were winners. Then my wife, in an amazing display of pity, gave me an iTMS gift certificate because she knows how much I prefer Coke.