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Héctor Martín Cantero (born September 9, 1990), alias marcan is a security hacker known for hacking the PlayStation 3 and the Wii, iPhone support for Linux and publishing the first open source driver for the Kinect.
Education
Hector went to the American School of Bilbao, where he received his primary and secondary education.
Career
He has been part of Team Twiizers, where he was responsible for reverse engineering and hacking the Wii.[1] He has been widely credited for creating the first open source driver for the Microsft Kinect.[2][3]
He has created the usbmuxd tool for synchronizing data from iPhone to Linux computers.[4]
In 2021, he created the Asahi Linux project which he has been leading since.[5]
References
- ^ "Wii Hacker: Leaked Source Code for Nintendo Gaming Systems Is 'Nonsense'". PCMag. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Hacking the Kinect. Jeff Kramer. Apress. 2012. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-4302-3868-3. OCLC 795985020.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Hacker wins $3,000 for first open source Microsoft Kinect driver - Update - The H Open: News and Features". H-online. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Chan, Rosalie. "'It honestly killed the project': Former Google employees speak out about a policy that lets the company claim ownership over code they write for outside projects". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. "What must be done to bring Linux to the Apple M1 chip". ZDNet. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
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