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The hard part with that is, see the sticker on the outside of the pump? That certifies that this pump meets your state's regulations and that someone has inspec
by freehunter 9y ago
The hard part with that is, see the sticker on the outside of the pump? That certifies that this pump meets your state's regulations and that someone has inspected it recently. In order to have a coverup like that, you'd need the government to be in on it too.
- SubiculumCode 9y agohttp://articles.latimes.com/1998/oct/09/business/fi-30669 http://articles.latimes.com/1998/oct/09/business/fi-30669 See link for a scam using an altered microchip and scheme to protect itself from discovery by weights and measures.
- taneq 9y agoYou mean like the EPA sticker on a new Volvo?
- LyndsySimon 9y agoI don't know about that - all that proves is that the pump hasn't been opened since inspected. While I suspect even that isn't foolproof, there's nothing stopping someone from modifying the pump through external means, whether through a remote firmware update or mechanical means, like a magnet placed on the outside of the pump that engages some hidden mechanism.
- tsbertalan 9y agoWasn't the danger of encountering devices (somehow) programmed to act differently in a regulator's test regime than in daily use one of the points made in the article? (Actually achieving this in the gas pump situation is left as an exercise to the reader.)