It ’s all but impossible to determine TV , read a paper , or interact on societal metier without being bombarded with endless , dispirit news these days . So here ’s an easy cab that might make you feel better about how 2017 is go bymaking it easy to donate to the ACLUusing an Amazon Dash push button .
Typically used to order house staples like detergent , garbage bags , or macaroni and cheese at the push of a button ( which is kind of depress in and of itself),Amazon also created a hackable version of its Dash buttons last year . And it was that Amazon Web Services IoT button — with a customs label attached — that computer programmer Nathan Pryor used to make it unbelievably soft to donate to theAmerican Civil Liberties Union , which has its study edit out out for it as of previous .
Unable to ascertain a programming interface that could be used to automate sending contribution to the ACLU , Pryor wrote a custom script , powered by Amazon ’s host , that automatically occupy out the donation page with his name , address , and citation visiting card info .
To ensure his bank account was n’t accidentally drained were there a problem with his coding or the Dash button , Pryor had each $ 5 donation deducted from a pre - paid debit entry card . But once everything was working with the clitoris , give the ACLU a helping hand every clock time another abominable tweet appeared on his Twitter timeline became as easy as restock his pantry .
If you need to build your own ACLU contribution Dash release , Pryor hasmade his custom programming available for download on Github , but you ’ll want to be very careful with it as he ’s included no failsafes or error checking . So if something changes on the ACLU ’s contribution page , you could incur yourself with a monumental tax write - off .
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