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CCC Mods Rent-a-Bike To Allow Free Rides

Posted by timothy on Monday December 20, 2004 @07:35PM from the mischief-not-malice dept.

Autoversicherung writes "Germany has an activated by phone bike rental system across all major cities. At 6 cent a minute quite pricey, germanys famous Chaos Computer Club thought a free ride every now and then couldnt hurt. Optimizing the original system in the process, modifying the blink code to be easier found and changing the logo. About 10% of Berlins bikes are patched already. A detailed description of how they did it, and how the system works."

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effff peeee!!!11!one!!1 by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-20 19:37 · Score: -1, Flamebait

free bike rides for one and all.

Also, suck it, bitches.
Re:What is it called when by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-20 20:48 · Score: -1, Flamebait

no you are just stupid and cant comprehend a proper analogy. so give up now.
you failed
Re:Hackers aint't crackers, eh? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-21 01:06 · Score: -1, Flamebait

A hacker is a thief. Usually not a very good one. They tend to live in their parents basement because they lack basic social skills and cannot function normally in society. The press understands this and generally portrays them accurately.