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T-Mobile US leaked free access to sites with '/speedtest' in the URL
American T-Mobile subscribers can score free internet access by running traffic through a proxy with "speedtest" in its URL.
Seventeen-year-old high school student Jacob Ajit found the loophole , since taken down, which allowed cheapskates to access T-Mobile's data network without paying.
Ajit realised speed testing sites and those with the feature embedded could be accessed using a T-Mobile SIM that had no data credit.
He then set up a proxy on a remote server placing "/speedtest" in the URL and could then access all areas of the network.
Ajit said he reported the flaw to T-Mobile and published his hack without waiting for a fix since exploitation of the hole did not put customers at risk.
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Ajit said he made the decision while bored on a Friday night, trying random apps to see which would load on his credit-depleted account.
T-Mobile customers have responded with confusion since their speedtest hole no longer works.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 20 2016, @06:25AM
Plainly what you should do is sell an app that artificially throttles your speed and runs Speedtest.net tests every day to lower the ranking. Everyone will buy your app and you will be a billionaire. Because absolutely everyone is an evil shit who wants to fuck over their mobile carrier.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by tangomargarine on Tuesday September 20 2016, @03:40PM
Because absolutely everyone is an evil shit who wants to fuck over their mobile carrier.
They started it
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"