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Hacking a Programmable Road Sign

• ricree 18y ago
  Interesting, but I was hoping to get more information on the actual internals of the signs rather than just an overview of the normal controller.
  • cninja 18y ago
    I agree. A more appropriate title for this article: "A script kiddies guide to cracking programmable road signs"
    • rms 18y ago
      The term script kiddy is rather dated.
      • brl 18y ago
        What are they called now?
        • rms 18y ago
          How about just kiddies? Security professionals also use scripts, but they are mostly 18+.
• theklub 18y ago
  Although I don't think its safe at all, I think this is awesome.
  • medearis 18y ago
    Awesome, yes, but I'm not really sure I'd consider this "hacking." We're about to have thousands of 13-year-olds running around changing road signs to references to bodily functions.
• Rod 18y ago
  In the 1980s some Caltech students hacked the Rose Bowl stadium scoreboard so it showed "Caltech 38 - MIT 9" (typical Tech rivalry). That was more fun :-D http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display?story_id=11464 http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display?story_id=11464
  • pmjordan 18y ago
    And in 2006 someone hacked the displays in Toronto commuter trains to show "Stephen Harper eats babies." http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060502/toronto_commuters_060502/20060502 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060502...
• tptacek 18y ago
  Ah, to be 13 again.
• kogir 18y ago
  In other news, I hacked my Microwave by entering a duration and pressing start.