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Little birdies tell me VanMoof has officially collapsed. They'll be making a statement shortly.
If you own one of their bikes now is the time to grab your encryption keys before their servers go offline.
Edit: Linking to the "Bikey" app which is a lot easier to use: https://bikey-app.cowboy.bike
@phill why do you need encrypt keys to use your bike? That's sounds like something stupid... 
@abapBastian @phill
It is worse. Read an article about it recently and was surprised anyone would buy into that kind of business model.
What is the business model? Using an App to unlock? I do not find anything else...
Can't find the exact article any more, but they did rent the bikes, combined it with app features and we're able to lock bikes etc. Very weird thing.
@abapBastian @phill so that other users don't find a way to unlock your bike? I mean the technical part is not the issue. The fact that it was designed this way, yes. But if you're going to use an app and Bluetooth and such, well you need something like this to encrypt the communication and ensure no other use can unlock and impersonate you in front of your bike.
Should they have done this? I'd say clearly not, but they did. And here they are.
@gryzor @abapBastian yeah precisely this. Why is your phone encrypted and signed? Same deal.
As of yesterday they started issuing 10 year certificates, so looks like they're taking steps to maximise the life of these things.
@phill @gryzor @abapBastian bikes (should) last longer than 10 years
Use a bike lock?