Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it.

🔗 https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-brussels-launched-age-checking-app-hackers-say-took-them-2-minutes-break-it/

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u/PixelPioneer • 1 days ago

Classic Brussels. Spend millions on something a college intern could build better in a weekend.

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u/code_monkey_x • 1 days ago

Honestly, it's probably not even about the tech. It's about securing the contract for 'development' and 'consulting'. The actual product is secondary.

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u/NightOwlDev • 1 days ago

As a dev, this kinda thing drives me insane. Imagine being on that team, knowing full well it's garbage, but management insists on 'security through obscurity' and 'release it anyway'.

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u/DataDrifter_01 • 21 hr ago

Shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

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u/StarGazer_77 • 21 hr ago

But... don't they test these things? Why would they release it if it's so broken?

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