▲ 1107 ▼ iFixit Tears Down McDonald's McFlurry Machine, Petitions Government for Right to Hack Them (www.404media.co) submitted 3 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 116 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 years ago (3 children) How do they get the data? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] krayj@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 years ago They reverse engineered the ordering API (that the app uses) and try to add a McSundae to an online order. If the ice cream machine is broken, it won't let you add that item to an order for the specific location. If the McSundae machine is working, it will let you add that item to the order for the designated location. It updates each location every 30 minutes, so is very up to date. More details about it here: https://hypebeast.com/2020/10/mcbroken-site-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines-working-tracker-info permalink fedilink source parent [–] fushuan@lemm.ee 11 points 3 years ago If its the one I know, it sends an online ice cream request through the API, and then cancels the successful ones before they reach the stores. The unsuccessful ones are broken machines, essentially. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nathanielcwm@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago iirc it used to get it through a reverse engineering of the McDonald's app api. Not sure about now tho permalink fedilink source parent
[–] krayj@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 years ago They reverse engineered the ordering API (that the app uses) and try to add a McSundae to an online order. If the ice cream machine is broken, it won't let you add that item to an order for the specific location. If the McSundae machine is working, it will let you add that item to the order for the designated location. It updates each location every 30 minutes, so is very up to date. More details about it here: https://hypebeast.com/2020/10/mcbroken-site-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines-working-tracker-info permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 11 points 3 years ago If its the one I know, it sends an online ice cream request through the API, and then cancels the successful ones before they reach the stores. The unsuccessful ones are broken machines, essentially. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nathanielcwm@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago iirc it used to get it through a reverse engineering of the McDonald's app api. Not sure about now tho permalink fedilink source parent