How I Hacked My University's Registration System with Python and Twilio

Re:How I Hacked My University's Registration System with Pyt... by fapjacks on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:29PM (#14620405)

That's along the lines of what I do when I am waiting for a dedicated machine from OVH, since they list all of their clearance machines on a special page and you have to keep checking them. So I just used my script with Twilio to send me SMS when it's available to buy. Done that all three times I needed a box. I would not call it "hacking" though.

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Re:How I Hacked My University's Registration System with Pyt... by ganoushoreilly on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:39PM (#14620488)

I think hacking in a sense of having a problem and piecing together a solution is the context they were going for (much like hackernews) vs traditional escalation type hacking.

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Re:How I Hacked My University's Registration System with Pyt... by fapjacks on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @06:17PM (#14659004)

Sure, but the term for this is "problem solving" and calling it "hacking" is disingenuous. I am not a big fan of the crowds that co-opt terminology for sort of superficial (e.g. marketing) reasons. I'm a bit hypocritical about it, because I think rms has historically done extremely well with this tactic, pushing ideals that I agree with. But there are other groups which do this that grinds on my soul.

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Re:How I Hacked My University's Registration System with Pyt... by problems on Friday June 23, 2017 @01:01PM (#14620712)

Warning you now - that strategy on Kimsufi boxes at least is extremely popular. If you're willing to pay a little more check out their "SoYouStart" line - they seemed more readily available.

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