Parkalot — Using Parking Apps Like Traditional Meters Using License Plate Validation Loopholes

Presented at ShmooCon 2023, Jan. 21, 2023, 3:30 p.m. (15 minutes)

As many American cities move to replace manual coin-fed parking meters with applications and kiosks, a lot of the old strategies for keeping your parking fare up to date like “feeding the meter” are no longer usable. However, different states have different license plate syntax rules, which can be used to work around hard-coded limitations in at least one major application to simulate a more manual and traditional parking meter experience.


Presenters:

  • Michael Rudden
    Michael Rudden (@michaelrudden) has been doing some form of security engineering professionally since 2013. He has done a lot of work in the endpoint and infrastructure security space, as well as doing full-stack development on security tools. Michael has also done a lot of work with metrics, reporting, and executive presentations, all in the security space.

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