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Using Python to Get Free Chicken Sandwiches

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It's mildly interesting that ethics are flexible depending on the target, but from a technical standpoint this project is not interesting. The code just builds a proxy list, generates a random number, opens a page, and posts the payload. I work with selenium and this isn't solving any interesting problems whatsoever.

Posting it is unethical, and it's disappointing to find on the front page of HN.

30 years ago, on IRC, doing the same would have been considered a fun hack, and a tongue-in-cheek motivational project for beginners.

Different generation I suppose.

Some people will try this exploit to get free stuff. in the 90s it would have been a few dozen at most, now it would be thousands. It ceases to be tongue-in-cheek when it becomes onerous.

My guess is more than the anomally will be detected and the hack will be blocked in 2 days.

Compared to the free phone hack with the cereal whistle that everybody though was so cool...

This is hacking and is unethical at best and at worst, extremely illegal. Congratulations, you found out a way to systematically steal other people’s reward points and are helping others do the same. Should this really be on HN?

they're not advocating that you do it (and I think stealing from Chick-fil-A is probably ethical to a lot of people)

edit: for people not aware, the last part was in reference to pride month and Chick-fil-A's "relationship" with the LGBT community. I'm not advocating one way or another, just replying to the above comment.

I’d like to hear an explanation as to why stealing from Chik-Fil-A is a moral act. The only one I can think of is that mass-produced chickens suffer horribly, and so anything that hastens the demise of the company is a good thing. But that makes a number of flimsy assumptions.

They donated to anti LGBTQ groups for years. Money given to Chik-Fil-A ended up supporting policies of hatred and bigotry.

Then don't patronize their business? Why do private opinions give you the right to steal public earnings?

You seem to be acting as if Chick-fil-A is a person and not a company. Maybe you own your own business or something along those lines? I think that for people who see them as a person in this sense will definitely think it's wrong to use this. However in today's capitalistic society those that see them as just a company have no moral issues exploiting this. They just see it as something to get for free or something they just have to put a few mins work into to get for themselves. Which in my opinion isn't bad or morally wrong if you exploit something and disclose how you did it so that it can be patched. Because unlike a government a company can push a change through in a few weeks/months to patch the exploit.

Speaks volumes about the character of those who boycott Chick-Fil-A, stealing from those whose views they oppose.

What do people who boycott Chick-Fil-A have to do with this? By definition, they're not participating in either end of this.

Anyone that thinks you should steal the property of a company because you disagree with their stances on social issues is a disgusting idiot.

I refuse to agree with anyone that thinks its ethical to steal from someone just because they disagree with their beliefs.

That is incredibly dangerous and beyond hypocritical for anyone claiming they are on the "right" side of history.

However assuming they are single use, they are also stealing from Customers who may to may not agree with Chick-fil-a, and likely not actually causing any harm on them (except for customers that cause enough of a stink to still get their free sandwich).

BTW I am saying this as someone that is actually part of the LGBT community.

I hate seeing activity like this because I see it as just further angering the far-right instead of actually focusing on trying to do good.

I generally agree, but I remind you that stealing LGBTQ rights to marry was their intended purpose. Spending thousands and using work force as a political army. Stealing a few sandwiches although petty and wrong.. still doesn’t outweigh the wrong that this company was doing for years.

I prefer stealing food over corporations taking away rights / privileges any day of the week especially in the name of research and education.

What happened to responsible disclosure? I mean, fair enough demonstration of how to do something like this, but at least give the company a chance to fix it before publishing to the world.

This repo violates GitHub TOS, specifically it "contains or installs any active malware or exploits"

https://github.com/contact/report-abuse?report=baileywj+%28u...

I’ve never seen a receipt survey in person so I did a google search. Apparently they used to have authentication built into the redemption process by requiring the original receipt [0]. However, it appears only the generated QR code is required for the new process [1].

[0]: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/LI3vSjDZGxCTKs785eTkeQ?selec...

[1]:https://i.redd.it/fzxy7rff0g211.jpg

On the one hand - awesome, free chicken sandwiches!

On the other, well, every little thing has to be thought through and secured these days doesn't it? Can't have a nice little rewards program without some asshole taking advantage of any perceived flaw in your armour...

Some people see it as a form of challenge. Sure, it might be fun to figure it out on your own, but sharing it is a whole different question [0][1].

The challenge, especially for places that aren't really tech-first types, kinda becomes stale (for me) since they inevitably have a flaw somewhere. It's really just me pitting my free time against their threat model [2].

And yeah, ultimately, this is one reason why we can't have nice things.

[0]: I'm not saying publicly releasing flaws is always a bad thing. There's a subtle etiquette (an art-form, even) to using publicity to pressure change.

[1]: There are different levels of publicizing. e.g. sharing (complete) code, social media post about said code, etc.

[2]: This is also not meant as an insult to the OP.

I don't think "these days" really apply to this situation. People have always tried to take advantage of flaws in any system.

Could the last number be:

What you ordered?

Number of items you ordered?

Would Jesus want you to do this?

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