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Episode: Pwn2Roll: Who Needs a 595€ Remote When You Have wheelchair.py? (39c3)
Description: A 595€ wheelchair remote that sends a handful of Bluetooth commands. A 99.99€ app feature that does exactly what the 595€ hardware does. A speed upgrade from 6 to 8.5 km/h locked behind a 99.99€ paywall - because apparently catching the bus is a premium feature.
Welcome to the wonderful world of DRM in assistive devices, where already expensive basic mobility costs extra and comes with in-app purchases! And because hackers gonna hack, this just could not be left alone.
This talk depicts the reverse engineering of a popular electric wheelchair drive system - the Alber e-motion M25: a several thousand euro assistive device that treats m...