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It's come to my mind that someone could easily cause a small panic transmitting a fake EAS broadcast about some disaster or attack over FM stations duting heavy
by jimmaswell 7y ago
It's come to my mind that someone could easily cause a small panic transmitting a fake EAS broadcast about some disaster or attack over FM stations duting heavy traffic in a city. Never heard of anyone doing it though. In high school I did play a fake alert from youtube about incoming nukes through the aux-in of a portable radio and had someone believing it for a minute.
- Theodores 7y agoNext you will be shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theatre! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_the...
- stordoff 7y agoReminds me of The War of the Worlds: > The program has become famous for supposedly tricking some of its listeners into believing that a Martian invasion was actually taking place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_d...
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- Gaelan 7y agoIIRC, most radio stations get their EMS broadcasts by listening to another station. So if you can spoof the right one…