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Construction signs hacked

Posted in Random by Derek at 2:00 pm
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signs hacked

Someone, or a group of someone’s in or around the University of Toronto has figured out how to hack the construction signs and is using them for environmental messages. Not only the ones shown here proclaiming “Don’t Driveâ€Â? and “Take Your SUV Back to Detroitâ€Â? but also advertising a campus event on sustainability.

A few comments in the original post complained that such nefarious activity could be considered terrorism. Any thoughts?

8 Responses to “Construction signs hacked”

  1. maijc says:
    4/12/2006 at 2:39 pm

    terrorism, you “gringos” are a little paranoic

  2. boohiss says:
    4/12/2006 at 2:45 pm

    Ah, no I don’t think it’s terrorism…vandalism certainly…

  3. Josh says:
    4/12/2006 at 7:54 pm

    Terrorism? Well, I see where you could go with this. You could possibly launch people off of bridges with a simple road sign… that would definitely suck

  4. FernyB says:
    4/12/2006 at 10:39 pm

    I saw some guys do the same thing on HackTV you can from DDP Hack Radio

  5. Simon says:
    4/12/2006 at 11:10 pm

    I think its pretty funny. If I had any of those signs around me I would do it.

  6. Stam says:
    4/13/2006 at 2:38 am

    Terrorism, as in “that f*cker just hacked our equipment, this ‘ll show him” and “what civil rights?”…
    Oh yeaaaahhhh, a vision of the future…

  7. Jack Yan says:
    4/13/2006 at 8:27 am

    There are other causes of action open in law before terrorism�trespass to chattels, perhaps? But certainly not terrorism.

  8. MacGuru says:
    4/13/2006 at 5:26 pm

    -Hey maijc, how is this terrorism?

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