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Update README with Windows instructions and credits
bruh1555 Sep 16, 2026
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Update pip install command for jefferson
bruh1555 Sep 16, 2026
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Expand Up @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ If you're looking for software to use your dropcam after its been rooted, check

### Host System
* A Linux host system (Debian, Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, or Fedora are supported out of the box).
* Windows does work with this but you must follow the directions below.
* A functional compiler and standard build tools (`gcc`, `make`, `git`).
* Network management tools (`iproute2`, `netcat`, `ping`).
* Python 3 and `pip` (to install the `jefferson` JFFS2 filesystem extractor).
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* **evilwombat**: Author of [gopro-usb-tools](https://github.com/evilwombat/gopro-usb-tools), providing the critical bootloader capabilities, RAM bootstrap files, and USB memory loader interface.
* **Kris Brosch (Include Security)**: For the pioneering hardware reverse-engineering research and documentation on the Dropcam's board layout, boot behavior, and serial command interface, which provided the foundational architecture knowledge for this project. Detailed in their [Include Security Blog Post](https://blog.includesecurity.com/2014/04/reversing-the-dropcam-part-2-rooting-your-dropcam/).
* **Gemini**: Doing so much of the work, and helping out.
* **Gemini**: Doing so much of the work, and helping out.
* **bruh1555**: idk im just here
* **dorssel**: Author of [usbipd-win](https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win), giving us an opportunity to use this exploit on Windows.

## Windows

To use this exploit on windows, you must use WSL. Open command prompt as an administrator and type "wsl --install -d Ubuntu". This will install the Ubuntu distro through WSL. Then, you can use "wsl -d Ubuntu" to use it. Open Powershell as an administrator and run "winget install usbipd" ONLY if you have winget. If not, install it from this page: [usbipd-win](https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win). Now, you can run "usbipd list" to list all devices connected to your computer. Find your dropcam and run "usbipd attach --wsl --busid YOURBUSID". Replace "YOURBUSID" with the busid of the Dropcam you want to use. For me (bruh1555), my Dropcam is listed as "Unknown Device". You can always disconnect all of your other devices and run the command again to find out which device is actually your Dropcam. Since we are using Ubuntu as our distro, we must break system packages to be able to use pip. I've already added the flag to pip inside the rooting script.
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Expand Up @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ if [ -z "$JEFFERSON" ]; then
else
echo " Setting up Python virtual environment for jefferson..."
python3 -m venv "$SCRIPT_DIR/venv"
"$SCRIPT_DIR/venv/bin/pip" install jefferson
"$SCRIPT_DIR/venv/bin/pip" install jefferson --break-system-packages
JEFFERSON="$SCRIPT_DIR/venv/bin/jefferson"
fi
fi
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