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Developer builds Siri proxy server

by Kelly Hodgkins Nov 21st 2011 at 10:15AM

Last week, a bunch of hackers cracked open the Siri protocol and explained how the service sends information back and forth to Apple's server. Now, another developer, known only by his twitter handle @plamoni, created a proxy server to extend the functionality of Siri on your phone.

The proxy server contains custom commands that Siri on the iPhone 4S can use. In his demo video, he shows how Siri can communicate with his indoor wireless thermostat. He is able to grab status information and turn the heat on and off.

The server works with Siri on a stock iPhone 4S handset and doesn't require any jailbreak. It only works with the iPhone 4S right now and is not ported to earlier iPhone models or the iPod touch.

He has released the proxy server to the open source community so they can experiment with it. You can grab the source code from github and check out a demo video from the developer below.

[Vis Engadget, ijailbreak.com and iPhone Hacks]



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Phil

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2iZ34lMAQk

November 29 2011 at 1:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
collide007

This is epic. Apple really need to open up Siri to legitimate third party development.

November 21 2011 at 1:10 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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George

well even if they don't proxies like this will. This is actually not changing anything and does not require any modifications to your IPhone. It is absolutely amazing but now you need to get the proxy to work on something like dd-wrt or some other router. I'd love me some home automations hacker style!

November 21 2011 at 5:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Cole Orton

Awesome job Pete!

Awesome awesome job! :D

November 21 2011 at 12:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
digitalsedition

Very cool. Still not sure why Apple chose to backhaul all of the speech information back to the servers to begin with. That is definitely a solution guaranteed not to scale.

November 21 2011 at 11:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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TravisO

The only reason they would do this, is to collect it for further analysis to improve the speech recognition.

November 21 2011 at 5:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bk

Why would we promote using Apple's servers for things they didn't intend them to do? Like support every Android user?

November 21 2011 at 11:03 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Meredith McKay

And 99.9% of us would need step-by-step instructions to get this working. Sheesh...

But, it's really cool!

November 21 2011 at 10:23 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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