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Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuck voices

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79 points coloneltcb | 3 comments | 13 Apr 25 00:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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relistan ◴[13 Apr 25 08:42 UTC] No.43671158[source]▶
Funny not funny. This person didn’t do any harm but someone else apparently could. They are safety devices that need to operate correctly. Being this hackable is not good news
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1. streetmeat ◴[14 Apr 25 16:01 UTC] No.43682768[source]▶
Yeah except the tones and walk messages still play, it just doesn't spam wait over and over at a red. Do you think because it's playing a satirical message blind people will ignore the tones and just start running into traffic?
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2. relistan ◴[15 Apr 25 07:18 UTC] No.43689900[source]▶
Did you read what I wrote? You think it’s good that these are so hackable? Funny joke, not funny security problem.
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3. streetmeat ◴[15 Apr 25 23:13 UTC] No.43699538[source]▶
I stand corrected I didn't read it properly.