Detroit man steals 800 gallons using Bluetooth to hack gas pumps at station

So, how would this work exactly? For curiosity's sake.

Off topic but the right crowd is here, would anyone be interested in starting a hardware security community? Edit: https://lemmy.world/c/hardwarehacking is live! It's still a work in progress but all are welcome to join.

Was this article written by AI, because it's disjointed as fuck.

Can't have shit in Detroit... Not even coherent written articles.

Wait so they haven't caught them yet? The article gave no names. And why do these pumps have Bluetooth? You might as well put in a USB service port.

This exemplifies Fox - they provided a lengthy article, and a 3 person video with interviews, and yet the listener/reader knows no more about what actually happened than before they began. Its well produced hearsay.

That guy has saved ….. so much money! I’m jealous

Gas pumps have Bluetooth? That's news to me.

The grammar in this article is horrendous. It’s almost as if Fox isn’t a reputable source for news!

Is it really theft? Considering how much of his tax dollars have gone to subsidize the oil and gas industry?

Some places let you pump THEN pay inside. You could just fill and leave. Is that not basically the same thing? Thay can catch them the same way.

This article has so few details. How do we think they're pulling this off? Phones? A Flipper maybe? And then what?

4$ per gallon that's approximately 1$ per litre.

I hope it will at least double for you so you know what it's like to pay for petrol in Europe..

Breach Protocol

Why is that even possible?

That's a lot...