Is this the future? — Because, it sure looks like it.

Earlier this month, you may remember we reported that app development studio Applidium, (the same guys that brought us an iOS port of VLC Player, before the app was eventually pulled over the GNU General Public License), had been able to reverse-engineer Siri’s security protocol meaning the feature could potentially run on any device it was installed upon, providing a unique key, (or identifier), which is used to identify each iPhone 4S which connects to Apple’s service, was present.

Following this report, a developer by the name of ‘plamoni’ (@plamoni) has this week come up with his own methods for Siri’s new-found functionality, using a third-party proxy server to connect the intelligent voice assistant to his thermostat – as seen in the video which follows.

Interestingly, despite earlier reports suggesting what Applidium had discovered would make way for Siri being ported to devices other than the iPhone 4S, plamoni notes this isn’t the case – at least, not yet anyway. Instead, he says, the finding will better help “hackers” to further Siri’s capabilities.

As @plamoni explains, the hack won’t require users to jailbreak their iPhone 4S, but it won’t let them port Siri over to earlier iPhones or iPod Touch models, either — not yet, at least. The idea, according to the developer, is to make it easier for other hackers to experiment with and build upon Siri’s functionality.

Check out what plamoni managed to do with his iPhone 4S, Siri and his home thermostat, right after this!

[via Engadget]