Siri's Protocol Is Cracked By Developer
November 14, 2011
Applidium has announced it has cracked the protocol used for Apple’s voice recognition service, Siri. As the result, the company was able to use Siri’s recognition engine from any device for the first time.
However, before non-iPhone 4S owners get too excited, Applidium also announced its discovery comes with one significant limitation. For Siri to work, the device that connects to Apple’s servers must contain a valid identifier. And this identifier must be from an iPhone 4S.
They state:
So if you want to use Siri on another device, you still need the identfier of at least one iPhone 4S. Of course we’re not publishing ours, but it’s very easy to retrieve one using the tools we’ve written. Of course Apple could blacklist an identifier, but as long as you’re keeping it for personal use, that should be allright! [sic]We have no doubt that Apple will eventually expand Siri’s use beyond the iPhone 4S. In fact, the day may arrive when Apple offers the service for third-party app integration. However, that day isn’t today. Still, Applidium’s success does mean that would-be developers could play around with Siri for non-iPhone 4S uses, at least for testing purposes. And this, in our opinion, is a big deal.
