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CCC Mods Rent-a-Bike To Allow Free Rides

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The bike rides YOU!

    1. Re:In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

      In South Korea, only old people ride bikes

    2. Re:In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

      It's good to see that the career of Yakov Smirnov was not in vain.

  2. Re:What is it called when by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Isn't the german rairroad that is doing this a goverment org?