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Hacking and Security => Hacking and Security => : EMOKDOOM January 22, 2013, 08:23:56 AM
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Anyone know and care to share on how to extract books I've rented from Cafescribe?
I downloaded their offline app which lets me read the books I've rented if i ever lose connection to the interwebs. This required downloading each book individually; which had to be pretty decently sized files considering the long ass time they took to download. I'm convinced they're somewhere hidden on my hard drive. I've checked the program files but those bastards were a bit smarter then that(I guess..).
Why am i doing this? Because even though i couldn't buy my textbooks i rented them and still had to pay more then $100 for just one book and a stupid lab guide. That just doesn't sit well with me since i have to return them in 180 days and can't even carry them on my tablet.
Any input would help. Obviously I'll upload them to Evilzone if I'm successful. And yes they're computer related, software to be specific.
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Maybe in the %temp% folder? maybe in the %appdata% folder?
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Try to run the application in a sandbox, then look in the box's contents.
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Maybe in the %temp% folder? maybe in the %appdata% folder?
I think i found them thanks.
They're Data base files/ .enc. Any suggestions on to open these? I'd like to turn them into pdfs.
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They're Data base files/ .enc. Any suggestions on to open these? I'd like to turn them into pdfs.
They are most likely encrypted somehow with a custom algo (most likely). You will need to reverse engineer the program and trace the encryption steps then reproduce them from ASM instructions into a working script/program to decrypt your files.
At this point you should ask yourself -- is it worth so much trouble?
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At this point you should ask yourself -- is it worth so much trouble?
Concidering the price of textbooks, fuck yeah!!
What I would do since you can view them on the computer, get mspaint ready and your Prt Scr button ready. Open you're eBook up and make it as full screen as you can. Then go to each page and take a screenshot of your computer using the Prt Scr button. You can crop whatever needs to be cropped and then save each picture. In the end you have a lot of picture files that you just merge into 1 PDF. Enjoy!
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What I would do since you can view them on the computer, get mspaint ready and your Prt Scr button ready. Open you're eBook up and make it as full screen as you can. Then go to each page and take a screenshot of your computer using the Prt Scr button. You can crop whatever needs to be cropped and then save each picture. In the end you have a lot of picture files that you just merge into 1 PDF. Enjoy!
We are programmers here, aren't we?
A quick python script could do that in few seconds :P
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We are programmers here, aren't we?
A quick python script could do that in few seconds :P
Now you got a method, write up the script and share as a "CafeScribe Ripper" xD I'm sure a lot of collage students would find it useful, also GREATLY increase the textbook eBook shares (I have posted a few though the books run upwards of $300+)
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Concidering the price of textbooks, fuck yeah!!
What I would do since you can view them on the computer, get mspaint ready and your Prt Scr button ready. Open you're eBook up and make it as full screen as you can. Then go to each page and take a screenshot of your computer using the Prt Scr button. You can crop whatever needs to be cropped and then save each picture. In the end you have a lot of picture files that you just merge into 1 PDF. Enjoy!
y not use video screen capture and make flash??
Like those in reversing tuts?
alternately.. Run on VM... Change date after 180 days... Make a backup of dwnlded files and copy them there?
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I can't do any of those thing as I've just barely started to learn Python as my first language. Also i don't know do decrypt files myself; if there's a book or source you guys picked it up from i'd gladly take a look at it and try to do it myself though. I'll think about it as a learning process :]
The virtual box is a no because i want to have a PDF of my books so i can take them around a tablet or any other portable PDF reader.
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I can't do any of those thing as I've just barely started to learn Python as my first language. Also i don't know do decrypt files myself; if there's a book or source you guys picked it up from i'd gladly take a look at it and try to do it myself though. I'll think about it as a learning process :]
The virtual box is a no because i want to have a PDF of my books so i can take them around a tablet or any other portable PDF reader.
You can do it how I originally said... All it takes is paint and the PrtScr button on your keyboard. You can then use a picture to PDF creator. It's just time consuming. Maybe Kulver's in a sharing mood and will write up that Python script to share ;)
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I hope he is. I'm out of coffee and motivation for the week.
Lol. Just kidding, i can do this, won't be done for a while however. The downside to this besides time is cropping in the full page without losing readability. The text is relatively small and it might need two screen caps to keep the quality from not being complete shit tier - which would take more time -_-
I'm sure when i have a day off and i realize how bad colleges rip you off with textbooks, i'll do it lol.
My old monitor could of made this a lot easier since i could rotate my screen and I'd get a bigger screen cap.
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Check this out :: http://ebooks-it.org/
Best site at offering free tech ebooks yet.
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I will try to do that script next week. This week I already have stuff to do.
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Ok, here is a new idea... Use screen capture software + keypresser ( dunno what they are called but they are used in games to bind complicated key combinations to one key or periodically press a key)...
Now, use the keypresser to press pgdwn after 5second intervals while recording the screen.
this way...>>you have a video with 5 seconds on each page.
now cut frames :D.
use the frames to make pdf..
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Ok, here is a new idea... Use screen capture software + keypresser ( dunno what they are called but they are used in games to bind complicated key combinations to one key or periodically press a key)...
Now, use the keypresser to press pgdwn after 5second intervals while recording the screen.
this way...>>you have a video with 5 seconds on each page.
now cut frames :D.
use the frames to make pdf..
Making a PDF from a video would be very poor quality.
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It will be very easy to do automate the task with autoit
I can do it, but for that I need to know the pdf viewer gui.. the client program you are using.
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Cafescribe offline. And the file is .enc like i said. Not sure what you mean by pdf gui..
Thanks for the link, the book i'm trying to turn on the into a pdf wasn't on there but i'll try it next semester :]
Kuva if you write that script Baby Jesus will summon upon you 70 virgins and an iPod(60 gig model).
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After some research I came to a conclusion that it's harder than I thought... Cafescribe offline is very weird - doesn't let me read any books. Online version uses Flash to display stuff so accessing via Window controls is not possible. Making screenshots became a doubtful idea.
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screen ocr mate - that's how release groups do it...
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screen ocr mate - that's how release groups do it...
Did you even bother taking a look at the Cafescribe?
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Printscreen everything by hand and let python put together the pdf? Just need to save all the images/ptrscreens to one dir and can write a script to make all images into one pdf.
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Printscreen everything by hand and let python put together the pdf? Just need to save all the images/ptrscreens to one dir and can write a script to make all images into one pdf.
A batch crop tool would help as well
http://ekot.dk/programmer/JPEGCrops/
And then merge:
http://web.newsguy.com/lmgava/i2pdf/
Fuck if I had access to it I would do it, but fuck that lol
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Did you even bother taking a look at the Cafescribe?
yup - what's the issue..?
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A batch crop tool would help as well
http://ekot.dk/programmer/JPEGCrops/
And then merge:
http://web.newsguy.com/lmgava/i2pdf/
Fuck if I had access to it I would do it, but fuck that lol
Going to give this a try. Most likely Thursday. I'm just worried about the quality cause like i said the text is small and requires zooming in to a get a crisp clear look. that causes the page to be out of range in the screen, however.
Thanks you.
also, i feel so fucking stupid for even renting this. We don't ever use it in class. No homework based off of it. Nothing.
Did you even bother taking a look at the Cafescribe?
Is this how they get the contents interaction to the left of a PDF? Not trying to do this cause i know it's unlikely since i don't actually own it, just curious.
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