It was bound to happen eventually. Some smart folks over at Phoronix Forums have hacked Splashtop. Well, it’s about time…
The fact that folks want to hack Splashtop is exciting and we want to be as supportive as possible. Just because something has been “hacked” doesn’t mean it’s less safe. We want to encourage folks to explore our product and help us to make it better.
We’ve been working hard trying to get Splashtop onto as many machines as possible over the last few months through proliferation programs. The development community has been promised an SDK from us for a while. We’re very glad to see some talented developers take matters into their own hands.
In fact, we’re inspired here at Splashtop HQ and will work to get the SDK out quickly. We have an early beta version ready now and will start working with selected developers to refine and deliver a polished version. Please e-mail us at developer@splashtop.com if you’re interested in helping out with the effort…and thanks to all of you for pulling us forward!
If you’re interested in some of the coverage on the Splashtop Jailbreak, here you go:
August 6th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Really you are not worried about this thing?
August 6th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
@Franco - nope, not really.
November 13th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
[...] Similarly, Krupenin expressed regret that the Splashtop software development kit (SDK) had yet to make it out the front door. The company wants to build relationships with independent software developers, as witnessed by its blog, which even reports on Splashtop hacks. The trouble, according to Krupenin, is simply one of time. The young company has had to expand rapidly in 2008 just to accommodate its additional OEM customers, leaving few resources to devote to other projects. Still, the SDK remains firmly on the roadmap, as do further software enhancements such as Firefox 3. [...]
September 28th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Well, in my most sincere feelings, I wish the big vendors (IBM, Cisco etc.) also looked at the stuff this way.
I have a Linksys WRT-54G Wireless AP/Router, which is almost five years old, which has been released with open source firmware from day zero and because of one of those third party firmwares (Tomato to be exact) I’m still using this wonder, as my gateway, fw, ap, etc.
Five year old AP still alive because it was set free
Splashtop is a very good idea, executed nicely and I believe its breaking free of the jail will only help its popularity and quality, if you guys keep up with the community (which is not always the easiest thing).
Thank you for all this.