From: Sean Cross (newton_at_9bit.net)
Date: Wed May 05 2004 - 10:32:08 PDT
On May 5, 2004, at 10:18 AM, Mike Burrell wrote:
> I recently learned that the spyware can be disabled
>> (directions on the web), but I'd have no way of testing to see if my
>> work
>> was successful, so I'll leave the hacking to its new owner,
> Once it
>> is modified it will work as a regular barcode reader, no encryption.
>> Apparently no divers or software will be needed once the encryption is
>> defeated; the encryption worked with the driver/program as spyware.
>
> If you or anyone else knows a specific link to this 'modification' you
> mention, I'd be interested in seeing it. I've got one of these
> scanners and
> one crummy pc in the mix of my 8 networked computers (7 are macs) that
> I'd
> like to try it out on.
> Thanks
>
Hmm, it seems as though the original link is down. I believe the
procedure was called "neutering" the CueCat. I did it to mine, and it
certainly does work!
There is a page that describes the process here:
http://www.cexx.org/cuecat.htm#decode
I don't seem to have my original modified one, but I remember that it
involved shorting out a single wire.
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