[NTLUG:Discuss] Cue-Cat and open source software

[George E. Lass]

I received a cue cat in the mail from the Dallas Morning News a few
weeks ago and was going to install it on my `doze PC at home until 
I saw all of the information that they wanted from me in order to
register the darn thing. So I decided to trash it.  About a week ago
I read a print article (wish I could remember the source) that 
expressed all kinds of security concerns about the product.  In fact
during the early phase of product roll out someone encountered an
error during the registration process and was able to view their
existing database....

George

greenglow484 at juno.com wrote:
> 
> In the last month, our local Dallas Morning News has aggressively
> promoted the new "Cue Cat".  It is a barcode reader:  Reading barcodes in
> the local paper, Parade Magazine, etc., and sending the user's web
> browser over to a target web site for the advertiser, etc.