The CueCat is a cheap (actually given away in several places) barcode reader. The bundled software (for Mac and Windows) makes it possible to read a barcode printed in a catalog or a magazine and be forwarded to a relevant URL (at the same time giving them your serial number). This category covers both this and the efforts to write new software for the CueCat that performs other tasks as well as the controversies regarding this.- Category ID : 59053
The :CueCat is a classic example of a broken business model. One can no longer (if, indeed, one ever could) put out a piece of hardware with the expectation that people will not seek to improve its operation with new software. [Linux Weekly News]
Apparently Digital Convergence has changed their EULA. This EULA has been modified to include the CueCat reader in an attempt to shutdown those tinkering with their cats. [Slashdot]
The pam_cuecat module reads decoded bar codes from /dev/scanners/cuecat, looks up the username:barcode_type:barcode line in /etc/cuecatpasswd, and returns whether or not this user has been authenticated.
Bar codes for Internet scanners called CueCats made their latest debut in print Sunday in The Dallas Morning News, even as the creators of this new technology grapple with concerns about privacy and ease of use. [Washington Post]