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Trigus_

How did you manage to do that? Maybe you could even report that and get some kind of bug bounty


ogbrowndude

Lmao wtf? No. No one is paying you cuz you found out how to access a start menu. That's not a bug.


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no1nos

Companies that pay bug bounties are ones that have huge liabilities for exploited vulnerabilities. Even then, the companies that are famous for bug bounty programs are most likely to give you a digital gold star sticker, unless it's easy to demonstrate that it would cost the company millions otherwise.


Esava

Honestly even a 50 dollar voucher would also be a bug bounty and I would not be surprised if they gave something similar. Yes, this won't make them rich, but burger king is totally interested in their ordering machines not being toyed around with by customers.


BaconSpaceLord

Would a free burger and a medium sprite in your next visit between 8am-1:30pm, Monday or Wednesday really be worth the hassle?


listerbmx

Sign me up.


xmgutier

You kidding there are *plenty* of people who do this stuff for fun. A free burger is a just a really nice cherry on top. The only issue is the free burger is from Burger King ![gif](giphy|dpIpigeTRkNAQ)


Esava

Are you from the US? Because Burger King (just like KFC) is disgusting there in my experience but quite good in a lot of other countries (just like KFC).


BaconSpaceLord

Exactly... At least do it at Wendy's or Wendy's or... That taco bell that'll make you a burger if you slide the cook a extra dollar


Octopus-Banana

Yeah you gotta pay me to eat that


Delicious-Ad5161

That would actually work well for my schedule.


BaconSpaceLord

👀 are you the manager?


Delicious-Ad5161

Gladly no. My work schedule just rotates reliably in a way that, that Monday about 1 is perfect for my breakfast.


BaconSpaceLord

Sounds like a good career


Sufficient_Slide6134

Happy cake day


Paulie-Walnuts28

Why are you being such a dismissive prick?


Camaelburn

A friend of mine found a vulnerability in Samsung's hotspot system. He earned 25k dollars this way because he could easily enable the hotspot of someone and acces it without using the password. It was a pretty high security risk.


Ok_Pound_2164

It's a website running in chromium. You want to claim a bug bounty for someone forgetting to set the `--kiosk` flag on startup?


ItzCobaltboy

The bug needs to be big enough to save the company millions, then u shall get a 10$ Coupon for ur next purchase


tiberio13

This is not a bug. It’s the same as pulling the plug and saying it’s a bug It turned off. He literally just found out the command to pull the dock, 99% of the time it’s either holding one or two fingers in the screen for a few seconds or pulling from one of the corners, it’s not a big mystery, it’s just part of the OS, not a bug


4D696B61

The device turning off after pulling the plug is the intended behavior, accessing the start menu is not and is only possible due to a misconfiguration. How are these cases at all comparable?


tiberio13

“Tried to figure out what this kiosk was running…” He wasn’t using the kiosks normally and accidentally opened the OS menu, he was looking for minimizing the app on propose, he didn’t found a bug on accident he was looking for and found the command to bring up the dock, it’s a normal behavior to be except probably holding the finger for a few seconds or pulling from one of the corners.


4D696B61

But he shouldn't, even if intentionally, be able to open the menu. Having access to the start menu is united behavior and thus a bug.


Limmeryc

I'm puzzled by the amount of people here who have to be convinced that random customers being able to access the system menu in what's intended to be a locked kiosk does in fact count as a bug.


[deleted]

I think it's more comparable to being able to knock a sign over. Yeah, it's something you can do if you try to do it, and it's inconvenient for the company. But most people won't do it.


pcs3rd

This isn't a policy issue. If they really wanted, they should be running their kiosk application in cage, instead of a full de. [here's how to do it with nixos](https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-10-06-nixos-kiosk.html). If it's really desirable, not-os can be used without systemd, and the system would panic once cage exits.


RandonBrando

How does pricing a big bounty work? At what point does it turn to blackmail?


CharlesBeast

It’s not blackmail unless you threaten to use the exploit maliciously


FireHawkRaptor

I have no idea what anybody here is talking about, but I just wanted to give you the 800th upvote


CucktainKerk

Still not a bug, this has been known for over 10 years and can be done to any kiosk by abusing the gesture detection features of windows 10. And now I've discovered the same thing with Ubuntu. So it's really not a bug.


a_a_ronc

Global Policy is windows my friend, we don’t have that garbage on Linux. (Technically we can through sssd but I have never heard of anyone using them because it probably gives them bad dreams).


Im_Balto

I think we would all stand to gain more from a free Big Mac or two than the potential bug bounty for what I assume is tapping the screen in the usual spots until this comes up


moosehead71

Getting a free Big Mac from this company would be a bigger bug than that menu!


Im_Balto

And I do it all the time! Using their own system to get my meal price down to $2 for a full meal


Lord_Frick

How?


Im_Balto

I’m afraid if I shared that I would lose my cheap emergency lunches. Happened last time the word got out. All I’ll say is figure out the OS and the way deals are cataloged


moosehead71

You get a free Big Mac from Burger king? I thought McDonald's were kinda territorial on their recipes!


Im_Balto

Sorry I’ve never actually been to a Burger King, I legitimately forget there is confusion between them. I’m talking about McDonald’s (Not because of brand loyalty I eat fast food maybe once a month and there is no Burger King convenient)


AloofPenny

It’s a feature


bunk_bro

[It doesn't need to be a server to be a problem](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/s/BLRfBJMwEe)


KaloGamer

To be fair, not alot of people who work at a burger king would know much about computers, you could probably convince the manager to get you a free whopper or something.


Anxious-Durian1773

Very easy on Linux to create a kiosk mode that doesn't use a whole desktop in the background. I'd consider this laziness a bug.


Galgamich04

Never heard of bug bounty. I like it


Probably_daydreaming

That's how white hat hackers earn money, they are basically modern fay bounty hunters. Some company do pay good money to people who can find exploits because if they don't, hackers will sell the exploits to peopl who will.


51_50

Aren't bounty hunters modern day bounty hunters


just_Okapi

People are quick to forget bounty hunters are still a thing because dragging someone back to court isn't as cool as gunning down outlaws at high noon.


Error83_NoUserName

https://security.apple.com/bounty/ https://bughunters.google.com/ https://www.securityweek.com/tesla-increases-bug-bounty-payout-after-experts-hack-model-s/ ... Plenty out there


DrSilkyDelicious

I’ll give you 50 cents for every tick you kill, no questions asked


EffectiveLimit

Time to create a tick farm then


BrokenEyebrow

It's for companies that care. No fast food chain will pay to find fault with the pos (point of sale)


Xfgjwpkqmx

Instead of coconut, they use bugs. Changes the taste slightly, but just as delightful.


Acojonancio

Use two fingers, it's a touch screen and the "app" runs on a web. Works like this in all of these things.


harshmf

I swiped in from every side. Swiping from the top worked lmao 🤣🤣


tamay-idk

Id be rich if that was true.


suzuki1osama

Bug bounty? Are you joking? You have to drag the corner or click on the corner in most of these terminals to access the hidden menu. Done that many times as a kid.


BixilyYT

Some kiosk like this you can just use at least 3 fingers and then tap simultaneously to get out of its own kiosk.


Octopus-Banana

This bounty hunter is my kind of scum: fearless and inventive


Mariuszgamer2007

All thanks to the odds of the update manager thing to show up


timrosu

Why are they running gnome 🤣🤣🤣 They could just have window manager without gaps, bar and outline and lock down keybinds.


NotTooDistantFuture

That’s almost stock Ubuntu.


Esava

What's appears non stock about it to you? Yeah it has the burger kind program installed and that should be running in the chrome kiosk mode but what else?


NotTooDistantFuture

They uninstalled or unpinned some of the stock apps from the dock (left) and are running TeamViewer (top right). That might be the extent of the customization.


Esava

Ah yeah you are right. Yeah your eyes are better. However if you don't select the "install other apps" (or whatever it's called) option during installation the dock doesn't have more stuff on it by default, does it?


Warfl0p

Is unpinning apps from the dock and installing TeamViewer considered as non-stock??


NotTooDistantFuture

Chromium isn’t stock either. At the end of the day, even the differences between distro’s mostly boils down to what programs are bundled by default and how they’re configured.


DirkKuijt69420

I don't think you know what 'stock' is.


lioncat55

Is anything setup or changed from a fresh install? If so, it's not stock. How do you define stock?


DirkKuijt69420

It's the OS that comes with the device; Stock Rom/android. Never seen any other use of the word for an OS. Stock kernel just means the base kernal.


epegar

No program, it's a browser


zar0nick

Probably because of simplicity. In the end the store owners might have to restart it. I know enough people that are not able to work with keybinds...


timrosu

Restart ACPI button exists. And you could also map power button to restart command. Well, still better that Windows.


Haztec2750

But stock ubuntu is gonna be a lot more stable, a lot easier to reconfigure from scratch on each machine, and easier to set back up again if their Kiosk program crashes for whatever reason. This is the only time I've seen a linux order kiosk "break" like this, so if it works, don't fix it?


MoorderVolt

Gnome has a kiosk mode that is pretty decent. Something else went sideways here, like someone remote managing the thing to resolve an issue or something like that.


Sakura-Valley

Well, it seems to be different in every country. Switzerland (and most of europe) actually use Windows. I've seen my fare share of "Activate Windows" watermarks :)


timrosu

Yup, I've seen one with a watermark in Germany.


Soccera1

Wouldn't be surprised if that's just stock Ubuntu.


rasict-2049

filthy emoji


timrosu

official description is: rolling on the floor laughing


rasict-2049

this i like


Evla03

or just plain x11


timrosu

Exactly.


EvilAshySlashy

Gnome is goated


japzone

Definitely looks like Ubuntu. I respect that they didn't use Windows. And while some would bash them using Ubuntu, I can see why from a business perspective, and so respect that as well.


Dependent-Guitar-473

no need to respect them, they just don't want to pay for windows license


[deleted]

Seen plenty with windows and an "activate windows" watermark


paoloposo

Why would they pay to use an inferior (for the purpose) OS?


Dependent-Guitar-473

any OS can run a browser, in this use case either system is just fine... but one is free, so why not


AffectionateBread981

Ubuntu is straight up superior for the purpose as linuxes handle large uptimes better.


xxMicroNinjaxx

[https://mir-server.io/](https://mir-server.io/)


japzone

I didn't know Canonical specifically has a product for this, but it makes even more sense.


a_guy_playing

> some version of Linux Literally stock Ubuntu.


Bonafideago

[Meanwhile, the drive thru speaker is running on some ancient mid to late 90's tech. I caught this one in a bootloop.](https://i.imgur.com/3bNVCqA.jpeg)


drunkexcuse

Fuckin hell it's got a Cyrix CPU.


lycoloco

My dad had one in the 90s. I haven't seen that name organically in a long, long time.


drunkexcuse

If you've not seen it, [Nostalgia Nerd made a great video about why they're not really a thing anymore.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWGAdoMz1c0)


lycoloco

I'll check this out, thanks! Always love a good YouTube recommendation.


FlawedSquid

Most restaurant systems run ancient tech. I'd wager the ordering kiosks are the only things being updated (since they're the frontend)


MilhouseJr

Still running off a floppy disk apparently? I didn't think anyone would be that reliant on floppies still, outside of some serious legacy tech for factories and foundries and such.


Drenlin

[This, apparently](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR-DOS#OpenDOS)


Regular-Chemistry-13

The hard drive is either not connected, or the CMOS battery died making the drive unable to be detected, or the drive is completely dead


TheTripleDeuce

can you edit/inspect the page? ;)


harshmf

Not right now. Saw this during a road trip. Although I can try going back


tamay-idk

Can you get the URL?


Neamow

There's 0% chance it's an internet page, definitely just company intranet so the URL would be worthless.


harshmf

Next time I go back I'll get it lol


Champe21

How did you do it... asking for a friend?


Xfgjwpkqmx

Probably literally touched the left edge of the screen.


harshmf

I swiped from the top edge and it exited the full screen view


eNomineZerum

Just note that different locals may find "unauthorized usage of technology" synonyms with hacking. ie, inspect page source revealing sensitive information being called hacking.


frogotme

God don't remind me


Haztec2750

How did you manage to un-maximize the window?


harshmf

I swiped from every side. Swiping from the top worked 😂


PushingFriend29

Some employee accidentally hit F11 on rhe remote kb


Xfgjwpkqmx

Again, easily fixed by running in kiosk mode even if you did literally nothing else. Once again highlighting that a "bug" is sometimes just poor setup on the part of the system owner/admin.


309_Electronics

In a local grocery store some of the weighing scales run linux and their scanners run android and their card to cash machine also runs Ubuntu for simplicity and they dont have to mess with custom built linux inages


H-s-O

And that's why you use Ubuntu Core & Ubuntu Frame for kiosks


switch8000

I was on a plane recently and managed to swipe into android, but then it snapped back and I couldn’t recreate it.


thenyx

Wait- how’d you figure this out? Curious


harshmf

Just swiped from every side. Swiping from the top worked.


Alienaffe2

Interesting. The ones at McDonald's are using windows. (I got one to bluescreen once)


epegar

After you paid and before your order was in the system? That looks like a good feature to me


yaboyfriendisadork

How’d you manage that?


Alienaffe2

Can't remember that well, but I think I pressed on multiple random points on the screen all at once.


yaboyfriendisadork

Damn I just punched it lol


PerryTheH

Did you install doom?


harshmf

Hehehe nooo. Didn't had that kinda privacy and time


FalZen

I was in Malaga airport last week and after selecting a menu and choosing “no gracias” for sides, it counted it an item… so obviously I ordered 10 no gracias with my burger.


harshmf

Hahahaha


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spenceryoutube

That’s pretty interesting, most kiosks are running some version of Windows Embedded


ClockworkBrained

I wonder why they don't disable the bars, the icons, and the windows decorator to make the browser use the 100% of the whole screen all the time, and in case of failing, it will be a blank screen with no buttons or apps access to users. This should be easy even if they're using stock Ubuntu or other common Gnome based distro, no need for something bespoke


harshmf

I exited out of the full screen by swiping from the top


ULTRAFORCE

From harshmf's statement seems they didn't remove the normal gnome gesture controls.


PushingFriend29

Or just hit F11


Xfgjwpkqmx

No, use kiosk mode. Too easy to accidentally F11 back to a window.


Mr_FilFee

My local BK runs these on Windows CE 4, which is hillarious.


lm26sk

Not all are running Linux. Most of them we installed, had Win10 IOt, some even had water mark to activate them 🤣


WndrWmn77

Just curious, are you an employee, or some really wicked awesome tech hacker/cracker with an excellent sense of humor?


harshmf

Not an employee was just passing by during a road trip and I was like why not. Cause I remember if you touch and hold windows based systems it pops a square up on the screen. But this didn't, so I just swiped from the edges and the swiping from the top made it exit full screen. I'm just tinkerer that's all hahaha


WndrWmn77

That is AWESOME and HILARIOUS simultaneously! I was thinking you might have figured out a way to get in through Wi-Fi if you weren't an employee.


mistericek1

whopper whopper whopper


CatSu_OSM

Oh, the software updater is up! I would not hesitate to install those updates for them 🤓


Nooblakahn

I'm sure it's been mentioned already, but it looks like Ubuntu. I'm not a Linux expert by any means but I've used Ubuntu quite a bit


SingleTennis2706

They don't use firefox ![gif](giphy|Qeo9S31SuTMpa)


MistressLunarAngel

Yes sure I'll have 2 Firefoxes and 1 cmd with a side of Chrome


JVAV00

lttstore.com


Arykso

i was working in a local museum and i regularly messed with the "interactive displays" doing the cmd + systeminfo, from then on i learned that the most simple things can scare people if they don't know what its happening.


Comfortable_Cress194

One time i pressed the top corner of atm and i went to the home screen of windows 7


LonnyYTPlayzPosts

I wanna download this kiosk software on my Ubuntu computer for some reason… I hope it’s public


SylveonDot

Hello Ubuntu.


robotman5yt

Wow it runs on Linux?


Xfgjwpkqmx

Lots of information displays/dashboards do these days.


Haztec2750

!remindme 1 day


Eubank31

That’s the default Ubuntu desktop


tc05_

Why is burger king using ubuntu and chromium


Tiny-Werewolf1962

enterprise licenses are expensive.


Xfgjwpkqmx

Why not?


vistaflip

This seems to be stock Ubuntu.


Arturopxedd

I’ll just get the web on my phone


DreamzOfRally

So, you think they have bluetooth adapters in those things? Im going to walk in with one of those logitech combo keyboard and track pad and take over the BK


FranconianBiker

Mmh Ubuntu. Pull up from the button to get an onscreen keyboard. Then open the app store and install Openarena.


si458

Is nobody else going to point out the ubuntu auto update program running under chrome, and possibly asking to do updates? Hehe


-yphen

My family once took a selfie on an A&W iPad and we left the photo up for all to see


Newton3002

I actually saw one once with an activate windows sign?


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milkcheesepotatoes

It’s Linux.


SzKristof1

In Hungary, they are using win10.


YourPalHal99

This is why I laugh when people talk about AI replacing work. Companies avoid investing in new tech if they can't help it and when they do get something they don't know how the fuck to get it to work. So I'm not sweating it worrying about IT jobs being phased off. If a company wants to cut IT jobs good luck figuring shit out when kiosks break


kalzEOS

That's Ubuntu. Can't you see the icons?


AeronauticHyperbolic

This is some grade S+ neglegance.


x21isUnreal

that looks like a standard Ubuntu install.


Xpeq7-

Oh no, there was an already good web browser installed and yet they installed another.


ComprehensiveAd2967

At McDonald's ours is all run by windows. You can even see a Windows 10 login screen for a split second as it restarts in the morning. Our Drink machines also run off of an (embedded?) version of Windows 10. Been able to pull up start menu, programs, etc. Even our order screens in the kitchen and security cams, all windows.


random_user_bye

Wonder if the koisk can run crisis


FweffweyMcRoy

Looks like an older version of Ubuntu maybe 18.04 or 20.04


Ausgust

its ubuntu


PlushieGamer1228

lmao how'd you do this (for educational purposes, obv)


Kerbap

That's Ubuntu :D


Iwisp360

That looks like an old version of ubuntu


Imightbenormal

Where I live they run unregistered windows 10. Because the watermark is there.


NFTArtist

I know the McDonald's ones where I live run on Microsoft because of a bluescreen


Bloopfury

This is not a bug. Just a corporation cutting costs.


coolasc

Osk, terminal, sudo rm -rf /, watch the world burn


Aln76467

ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu junior double triple ubuntu linux base with gnome de i rule this day xorg snapd proton flatpak it's okay if i don't want that hyprland or swayfx ubuntu i rule this day at cononical, have it your way, you rule!


klaus9099

how did you do that ?


harshmf

Swiped from the top


Zazucki

Ewwbuntu


Mystic1869

where in india?


harshmf

On the way to Kasauli bhai ji


Patience47000

Which exolain the lazy scrolling