In other news, I hacked my Microwave by entering a duration and pressing start.
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.
I agree. A more appropriate title for this article: "A script kiddies guide to cracking programmable road signs"
The term script kiddy is rather dated.
What are they called now?
How about just kiddies?
Security professionals also use scripts, but they are mostly 18+.
Although I don't think its safe at all, I think this is awesome.
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.
Ah, to be 13 again.
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