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Keurig Cup DRM Cracked

posted by LaminatorX on Monday February 02 2015, @07:09AM   
from the cafe-libre dept.

tt2497980 writes:

Well, that didn't take long!

Last year, after Coke took 10% stake in the company, Keurig started shipping a new version of their instant coffee machines. The primary 'improvement' was the addition of DRM designed to exclude any coffee not approved by Keurig. It is a scheme very much like the ink cartridge DRM of IBM/Lexmark.

One coffee maker has decided to crack that Keurig's DRM and are now shipping a device you insert into the maker that lets you spoof it into thinking any coffee is 'authorized.' They are capitalizing on their new Freedom Clip by giving it away along with free samples of their coffee.

• Re:Dot matrix printers Re:Dot matrix printers (Score: 1) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 02 2015, @10:45AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 02 2015, @10:45AM (#140257)

  Actually, if you spray some CRC into a used ribbon, you can print with it again. I handed in a few University essays printed with that "ink."

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• Re:Dot matrix printers Re:Dot matrix printers (Score: 5, Funny) by c0lo on Monday February 02 2015, @12:35PM

  by c0lo (156) on Monday February 02 2015, @12:35PM (#140267) Journal

  if you spray some CRC into a used ribbon

  OGHIHA (Oh God How I Hate Acronyms).

  CRC:
  cyclic redundancy check?
  Class Name, Responsibilities, and Collaborators
  Chain Reaction Cycles™?
  Chicago Rabbinical Council?
  Christian Reformed Church?
  California Rehabilitation Center?
  Candida Related Complex?
  Colombo Rowing Club?
  Colorectal Cancer?
  Crowd Riot Control?
  Corrosion Reaction Consultants?
  Circumcision Resource Center?

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  • Re:Dot matrix printers Re:Dot matrix printers (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 02 2015, @01:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 02 2015, @01:45PM (#140286)

    I think OP was assuming that all geekdom recognizes CRC contact cleaner the way rednecks instantly recognize WD-40.

    Western Digital v40?
    Wahabi Dogma 1940?
    Winchester Derringer 40 cal.?

    etc.

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    • Re:Dot matrix printers (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday February 02 2015, @09:15PM

      by c0lo (156) on Monday February 02 2015, @09:15PM (#140415) Journal

      I think OP was assuming that all geekdom recognizes CRC contact cleaner

      I bet software and biology geeks have no clues about (without being less of a geek).

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    • Re:Dot matrix printers (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 03 2015, @03:59AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 03 2015, @03:59AM (#140545)

      Most computer geeks know the one true CRC. It does not involve a printer, unless you are printing a lovely modulo 2 arithmetic flow chart.

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  • Re:Dot matrix printers (Score: 5, Funny) by LoRdTAW on Monday February 02 2015, @03:27PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Monday February 02 2015, @03:27PM (#140309) Journal

    I think the product he was referring to is Concentrated Rectal Cleaner. Though I could be wrong.

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