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Two students find security bug that could let millions do laundry for free (www.theverge.com)

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Around 2007 or so I used to unplug Coinstar machines from the internet (plug was usually right in back) and then put in all my coins and try to redeem an online gift card. It used to be you could only get all of your cash back via online gift cards, because the machine took out a fee to give your money back in cash.

When it couldn't connect to the internet, it would apologize and refund me in cash, with no convenience fee (since I was clearly inconvenienced). Full amount returned.