I moved back to Texas from college without any job prospects and found myself living in my car, relying on Walmart Wi-Fi for internet access. So, I resorted to

I moved back to Texas from college without any job prospects and found myself living in my car, relying on Walmart Wi-Fi for internet access. So, I resorted to a few low-quality hacks. The first was a QR Code parking app. It worked by just placing a qr code on public parking meters. I marked up the parking from like from 50 cents to a dollar. I kept 50 cents and payed for the parking through the official app with mitmproxy. Someone eventually reported it. I had to ask my dad for help reimbursing the city—which he was not too happy about. The second hack of a washing machine was disclosed properly, although no firmware patch was ever released. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29814973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29814973 [2] https://shakey.blot.im/reverse-engineering-a-popular-laundry-machine-service https://shakey.blot.im/reverse-engineering-a-popular-laundry...