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takyon
on Tuesday July 28 2015, @04:50AM
from the hackable-signage-in-direct-sunlight dept.
from the hackable-signage-in-direct-sunlight dept.
New Sydney road signs use low-power 'E-Ink' technology and can be remotely updated:
The NSW Government has tapped the same technology you use to read books on your Kindle to create low-energy street signs that can be remotely altered.
The electronic paper road signs, which have been installed across Sydney, are the result of a partnership between Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) and Slovenian technology firm Visionect.
[...] An RMS spokesperson told The Register that 15 of the new signs 'were successfully trialled in the management of traffic on George Street in the Sydney CBD and a second rollout has since been completed in the Moore Park area.'
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(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday July 28 2015, @06:32PM
Actually, the manufacturers of those signs in your first link seem to have planned for hackers to use it. From the linked text:
This of course can only refer to running away after unauthorized setting of the text. It cannot refer to the text itself, since you don't run text, you display it.
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