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Story here in Lyon, France, yesterday about a less-dangerous attack on the electric scooters: instead of cutting the brake cables, vandals are painting over the
by docdeek 7y ago
Story here in Lyon, France, yesterday about a less-dangerous attack on the electric scooters: instead of cutting the brake cables, vandals are painting over the QR code instead. No QR code to scan means no useable scooter. Link in French: https://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69/2019/06/10/a-lyon-les-trottinettes-electriques-immobilisees-en-un-coup-de-peinture https://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69/2019/06/10/a-lyon-les-trot...
- md2be 7y agoI like it - is there a way to block the antenna ?
- mmcwilliams 7y agoTo be fair, QR codes are a fairly fragile technology for something like that. If instead of destroying them, someone replaced the codes with a malicious link the outcome could be worse.
- GaryNumanVevo 7y agoGreat idea! I'll go print some QR stickers tonight