𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.world to things that are mildlyinteresting@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoOne of our Walmarts has anti-theft wheelslemmy.worldimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1156arrow-down1imageOne of our Walmarts has anti-theft wheelslemmy.world𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.world to things that are mildlyinteresting@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefievellinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoDo you know how it works? Doesn’t seem to be electronic or so… Perhaps mechanical magnet based or so
minus-squarenulatium@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoThere’s a talk at DEFCON on YouTube about hacking them. Great way to see how it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iprBprAFXCk
minus-squarejsheradin@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QKcprQD0zc It’s a fancier version of the electric dog collars. If you go over a perimeter line it’ll turn on a parking brake for that one wheel.
minus-square𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoProbably an electrical fence type deal. When the signal gets too weak the pins pop out to prevent the wheel from rotating. Didn’t park near the edge of the property to test it lol
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoBut what powers the wheels? Charged by spinning? What happens if they don’t get used long and the wheel dies.
minus-squarenulatium@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoBy spinning yes, they operate mostly passively and therefore last a long time, including by having terrible security to save battery life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iprBprAFXCk
Do you know how it works? Doesn’t seem to be electronic or so… Perhaps mechanical magnet based or so
There’s a talk at DEFCON on YouTube about hacking them. Great way to see how it works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iprBprAFXCk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QKcprQD0zc
It’s a fancier version of the electric dog collars. If you go over a perimeter line it’ll turn on a parking brake for that one wheel.
Probably an electrical fence type deal. When the signal gets too weak the pins pop out to prevent the wheel from rotating. Didn’t park near the edge of the property to test it lol
But what powers the wheels? Charged by spinning? What happens if they don’t get used long and the wheel dies.
By spinning yes, they operate mostly passively and therefore last a long time, including by having terrible security to save battery life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iprBprAFXCk