Comments on: Free laundry

By: celtic coins

celtic coins — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:51:45 +0000

Interesting article. Were did you got all the information from… :)

By: Roman

Roman — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:58:19 +0000

@tom

lawl
‘the act of stealing’
I don’t even know where to start on that.
Lots of hacks are illegal for stupid reasons, don’t post your baby crap nobody wants to hear about it.

I’m a little late on this, but still.

By: James Costello

James Costello — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:09:12 +0000

Thanks for this post. This is a great example of insecurity and hackability in an everyday scenario. Don’t listen to the six year old kids posting comments that this is boring just because it is not a technologically involved hack. (Who let them on the Internet anyways?)

Sometimes the best hacks are simply some of the most simple ones that haven’t been implemented yet, and I believe this post emphasizes that philosophy.

I appreciate the healthy balance of technologically involved hacks for those who have time to implement them, and quick and easy hacks for those who don’t have a ton of spare time on their hands.

Keep up the good work Hackaday!

By: gghfgfghfd

gghfgfghfd — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:35:02 +0000

home entertainment hack? it’s a photo of a washing machine and boasting about stealing. it’s not a good hack, it’s trivial.
better put up how to fake atm slots and use radio modules to collect credit/debit card data. yeah.

By: braveman7

braveman7 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:58:54 +0000

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By: ryan_the_leach

ryan_the_leach — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:32:29 +0000

Love the hack, would like to see more of these, bit like the barcode hacks you had earlier,

I’m thinking along the lines of security through obscurity that just goes unnoticed in everyday life.

Reminds me of the old basketball light systems, they used a simple relay too and someone had wired it up to a spare circuit breaker above it, so all you had to do was flip the extra circuit breaker and the lights would go on, flip them off and the coin slot worked as normal.

By: Janette

Janette — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:47:43 +0000

Realy great!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:29:17 +0000

Okay, sorry to make so many people upset but it was just my opinion. I guess it’s good that they put something out here for everybody and yeah, it’s probably the fault of the people who just complain and don’t even send in recommendations for something better. Maybe it’s just because I don’t use a coin operated washer, lol

By: Dr. Mike Wendell

Dr. Mike Wendell — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:06:31 +0000

Like the hack. It’s a pity that it won’t work on the machines we have here in the US. Like mentioned up above, everything is self contained.

By: m3k4n1xz

m3k4n1xz — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:44:30 +0000

i have to agree with ryan….lately it looks like you guys cant find things as interesting to post as before a little while.i dont specifically say that for the laundry thingy,but in general.is there new stuff in the team?

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:51:42 +0000

Funny Hack… I cleaned out a building once that cough fire from a renter trying to jumper a relay and accidentally grounded the wire by some lint. House was a total loss.

-James

By: K_wolf

K_wolf — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:18:11 +0000

Really nice! Finally I can use clean clothes! :)
I love it.

By: Hacker

Hacker — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:19:26 +0000

Hey! This is great! Here’s a hack for you: Why not get out your 36″ pry bar and rip into the change box on that thing! Free money! While you’re at it, might as well use that pry bar to “hack” into the local ATM as well! Way to go, guys…

This is lame.

By: Hans

Hans — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:00:18 +0000

sorry ryan, this is a cool hack, and holds true to the mindset of a hacker. it’s a breath of fresh air after seeing all these bullshit news stores for so long.

By: Hans

Hans — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:29:10 +0000

Its simple: Doing this as a proof-of-concept is a hack. Doing it again to save money is stealing.