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Two students find security bug that could let millions do laundry for free
(www.theverge.com)
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this post was submitted on 20 May 2024
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Saw a video that showed using swizzle sticks jammed into the coin slots to release the lock and get free laundry.
I had bike spokes laying around and tried it. It worked, but actually broke the coin slots. Management reconfig’d to other slots, which I then broke.
Laundry was only 25 cents if you knew which slot to put a quart into.
You were supposed to use plastic coffee straws not a hard piece of metal. Turn a $1 bag of 100 straws into $25-$100 in laundry change depending on how much your reuse the straws.
Right, that’s what a swizzle stick is.
Counter point though, breaking it meant I didn't even need straws…
Lol my b