How to defeat Keurig 2.0's DRM with scotch tape

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I talked about this a bit earlier. There are more advanced and in some cases more general hacks available.

Keurig's K-Cup coffee DRM cracked

There are several ways to hack such schemes. In case of something trivial like this, create an alternate optical path for the sensor that reflects from a piece of the genuine foil top, with the “proper” ink. A little glue or sugru with small mirrors should do the job easily. No need to bother with modding cups. If it is something more difficult, you can spoof the sensor itself, generate fake “genuine” response. A cheap microcontroller of Arduino class can handle a lot of such things. Or you c…