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

Re:How I Hacked My University's Registration System with Pyt... by IVDV on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:30PM (#14620406)

Need to be careful about this one. A student at my alma mater was suspended for doing the same thing: https://www.reddit.com/r/ucf/comments/xo5ye/ucf_student_pena...

You have to love the education system...

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Re:How I Hacked My University's Registration System with Pyt... by jjnoakes on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:54PM (#14620643)

In your example, he was charging for the service, which was against the terms of use of the web site he was scraping.

So in general, do be sure to not violate a site's terms, but I don't see what that point has to do with your final comment...

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Re:How I Hacked My University's Registration System with Pyt... by lostlogin on Friday June 23, 2017 @03:55PM (#14622249)

What a horrible university. If a system is so bad that people will pay for the improvements, they are doing it wrong.

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Re:How I Hacked My University's Registration System with Pyt... by jjnoakes on Friday June 23, 2017 @03:58PM (#14622269)

I don't think "people will pay for <thing>" is justification for "any university that doesn't do <thing> is horrible".

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Re:How I Hacked My University's Registration System with Pyt... by soulchild37 on Saturday June 24, 2017 @01:24AM (#14624478)

I did a similar thing (free mobile app with notification + backend to scrap), gotten a cease and desist letter and threatening not to let me graduate.

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Re:How I Hacked My University's Registration System with Pyt... by kerbalspacepro on Saturday June 24, 2017 @07:48PM (#14627952)

This blew up at all the Florida unis when it happened. I wonder how much it leaked out to the rest of the Internet.

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