How the Chrome Dev Tools Got Me an Awesome License Plate
Christian Cantrell (via Rich Siegel):
Being the determined hacker that I am, I initially saved the source from the confirmation page, fixed the error by turning “ ” into “&nbsp” (the character code for ampersand followed by “nbsp” — the proper way to escape user input in this case), and started working on tricking the DMV’s servers into believing that the form I was submitting actually came from them. But then it occurred to me that I could simply fix the DMV’s mistake using the WebKit Web Inspector. I opened up the awesome Chrome Dev Tools, made the change in the live page, and the form submitted perfectly. About two weeks later, my brand new plates arrived.
