June 12, 2005
Parking meter hack challenge
Posted by bopuc at June 12, 2005 04:39 PM
Steven launches a challenge to local hackers and their friends: Hack the new Linux-running, GPRS-networked parking meters.
Why?
1- Show that it can be done
2- Perhaps help improve the system
3- Perhaps send a message up: "hey, we KNOW you're screwing us"
4- because it's there... ;)
Michael, wanna help plug this? Put it out there see what happens...
Two very useful things I'd like to see come of this:
1- a java-based mobile app that would allow me to see which spots still "have time".
2- a web-based app that could remotely tell me the same (so I can be sitting in a meeting and check if my meter is up yet...)
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Interesting (said with a Mr. Burns accent) from mtl3p
"Steven launches a challenge to local hackers and their friends: Hack the new Linux-running, GPRS-networked parking meters." To bad I don't know anybody who would be interested in anything like that. ;-) via Boris... [Read More]
Tracked on June 12, 2005 06:12 PM