POSTED BY

Rob Beschizza

AT 2:57 PM
Monday August 3, 2009

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Fancy parking meters hacked

Xeni over on the front door:

A group of tinkerers and security researchers announced findings that prove it is possible to bypass the controls of "e-meter" parking meters -- which means it's possible to park for free where such meters are in use. The group announced their findings last week at the 2009 Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas.

3 Comments

RedShirt77

#1 – 7:32 PM August 3, 2009

Is it a cell phone ap? If not I will probably just pay.

dross1260

#2 – 6:50 AM August 4, 2009

Cool Hand Luke app!

Skwid

#3 – 8:33 PM August 4, 2009

Oh, man, the Scientologists are going to be all over these guys...

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