Hackers skin CueCat

Hackers skin CueCat
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2000-09-19

Makers of a free barcode scanner say legal threats are ending unsanctioned tinkering.

CueCat needs a clue 2000-09-20
Greg Mizell

A search for cuecat in freshmeat turned up 8 items, including a Linux kernel driver, several decoders, and a program to maintain your book collection. I believe I've seen more stuff come out *since* the C&D letters than I did prior to it. Somebody needs to whack Mr. Mathews with the clue stick. The ...

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"hacker development" stopped? 2000-09-20
phil reed <preed (at) eviciti (dot) com [email concealed]> (1 replies)

In which universe? Sorry, but if you've been paying any attention to freshmeat.com or slashdot, you'll find that not only has development *not* stopped, but it's going stronger than ever. The consensus is that Digital Convergence doesn't have a legal leg to stand on. They might try to make life diff...

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PR disaster in the making 2000-09-22
Bert Driehuis

I happened to be in the neighborhood, so I picked up my :CueCat at the local Radio Shack where I happened to be. The user manual is scary. The device driver requires you to register (at Digital Convergence, not at Radio Shack) and leave an ungodly amount of personal information. Even scarier is the ...

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New letter 2000-09-25
Michael Rothwell

They sent me a new letter today, as vague as ever. http://www.flyingbuttmonkeys.com/useofthingsyouownisnowillegal

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