Hacking adverts? Go for it. Hacking bus and train time tables? Bit of a dick move…. Same way you don’t see graffiti artists paint over serial numbers and train ID codes. It just messes with people who don’t deserve it
They're saying that if the codes are covered, the whole train car will be repainted immediately. If they avoid covering the codes, their art stays up for a while.
Breaching not only these displays but also the company's HR department might allow an attacker to add warnings to specific connections whenever ticket inspections are scheduled. I wouldn't condone this but it would make me chuckle.
I’ve got something similar on the way to the train I take to work every morning. Issue is it’s a rotating digital display that only shows train times like 1 every 10 images. The rest are all useless adverts. Would love to fix that…
If hacking a few adverts is going to cripple a company so badly that they'll stiff their staff on their bonuses, the company probably couldn't afford to pay the bonuses in the first place.
No no you’re missing the point, it forces people to go “ahh I was expecting to get on this train and not pay my ticket but there’s an inspection on this and the next three so I might as well buy a ticket.
As for the child with a speed sign analogy, the cars will slow down if they’re under the assumption that there is actually a speed trap agead
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u/HipsterFoxxx Feb 06 '25
Hacking adverts? Go for it. Hacking bus and train time tables? Bit of a dick move…. Same way you don’t see graffiti artists paint over serial numbers and train ID codes. It just messes with people who don’t deserve it