jonny (good kind) on Nostr: Looking up what one of those barnacle windshield boots was, and apparently a few ...

Looking up what one of those barnacle windshield boots was, and apparently a few years ago someone figured out you could just use a defroster to pry them off, open them up, and then they have a sim card with unlimited data so they used it as a hotspot.

the original comment was deleted here: https://www.reddit.com/r/specializedtools/comments/e541r4/comment/f9ivr37/

But the story is recounted here: https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/students-defeat-new-barnacle-parking-boot-skip-fines-and-get-free-internet