Hacking law - polish creativity
In Poland, as in most of the European countries, it is forbidden to sell or posses drugs. As in case of many other countries in the past couple of years the whole network of shops selling druglike substances (technically not drugs, but the effect is similar) were opened.
Two months ago our government closed down all shops and passed the law forbidding sales of these substances. One can still posses them and order them from abroad (via mail) though.
And here comes the best hack I've seen in a long time. One entrepreneur just announced a launch of a network of "Dopalaczomaty" - vending machines that sell these substances to anybody. How can that be?
A client uses his cellphone to send an sms (or use a mobile website) and makes the purchase in Czech Republic. He then receives a special code that allows him to take the drug out of the vending machine. The purchase was made abroad, so everything is legal.
The network of "Dopalaczomaty" is due to start in six days. I'm still not sure if this is not a hoax by one of the creative agencies here, but if it isn't - that's one of the most interesting "away from keyboard" hacks I've seen ever :)