From 922790fbbdaddf3c94f409e914b75fc2e8d09c7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tim Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:12:41 +0000 Subject: committing page revision 1 --- updates/2004/hackabike.en.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 updates/2004/hackabike.en.md (limited to 'updates') diff --git a/updates/2004/hackabike.en.md b/updates/2004/hackabike.en.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a98bb915 --- /dev/null +++ b/updates/2004/hackabike.en.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +title: Hack a Bike +date: 2004-12-17 00:00:00 +updated: 2009-04-18 19:12:41 +author: tim +tags: update + + +The "Call a Bike" system of the german railway company "Deutsche Bahn" offers bikes for self-hire in Berlin and other german cities. Sophisticated technology enables customers to rent a bike using their mobile phone. The system is advertised as being "unbreakable" but an article in our latest edition of our magazine "Die Datenschleuder" demonstrates the opposite: "Hack a Bike" uses advanced reengineering to turn the system upside down. + + + + +The blinking bikes of "Deutsche Bahn" are part of the cityscape in +Germany for quite some time now. An intricate system named ["Call a +Bike"](http://www.callabike.de/) offers the option to rent a bicycle +whereever you find one. The bikes themselves are not connected "online" +but expect an unlock code that a customer can retrieve by calling a +central number using his mobile phone. + +An article in our magazine [Datenschleuder](http://ds.ccc.de/) that has +been passed along from an anonymous source details how the the system +can be circumvented to gain free access to the bikes without calling +anybody: ["Hack a Bike"](/hackabike/index.html) is a fine example of a +true hack. -- cgit v1.2.3