Pro tip: check if your 'free' bus pass still works before you get on

Got to Prague last fall and dug out an old city transport pass from a trip five years back. Figured I'd try it, and the scanner gave a green light, so I rode for free for two whole days. On the third morning, a ticket checker fined me 800 Czech koruna because the pass was long expired and the scanner was just broken. Has anyone else had a 'hack' totally backfire because of old or broken tech?

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jade5401d ago

My buddy tried a similar thing with an old gym key fob (the kind for 24-hour access). It still unlocked the door for months after his membership ended, so he kept using it. Turns out the system just logged every entry and sent him a massive bill for all those months, plus a fee for the "fraud". He argued it was their broken reader, but they didn't care at all.

jake_owens1d ago

Sounds like something I'd fall for too.