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It was a similar story with gas pumps, which truck drivers used to glitch to get most of their fill-up for free.


Attacking a gas pump with a high voltage lighter sounds like a good way to win a Darwin Award.


Which is why that vulnerability was never tested/allowed to be tested by the creator of the device. Exploits always thrive on the fringes of what is unacceptable to corporate safety policy.


Not quite as bad at a diesel pump.




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