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    Free Parking: Black Hat conference attacks electronic parking meters

    black hat free parkingAs we move farther and farther into the digital age, we begin to see some serious problems with an all-digital lifestyle. Take parking meters, for example. As much as a pain as it is to root under your car seat looking for loose change to feed the meter, there aren't too many ways to avoid actually putting money into a traditional meter. (Or maybe there are. I haven't bothered to investigate, since I don't currently own a vehicle.) Newer electronic parking meters, though, can be pretty easily subverted, as demonstrated at the Black Hat conference this week.

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