"Hi, this is Elon Musk, one Palo Alto crosswalk said. Welcome to Palo Alto, the home of Tesla engineering. You know, they say money can't buy happiness. And, yeah, OK, I guess that's true; God knows I've tried. But it can buy a Cybertruck, and that's pretty sick, right? Fuck, I'm so alone. @bulou.varanisese #FYP #Paloalto #SiliconValley #ElonMusk #Cybertruck original sound - Frances | Silicon Valley SF"
"You know, it's funny, I used to think [Trump] was just this dumb sack of shit. But when you get to know him, he's actually a really sweet and tender and loving, that fake Musk crosswalk message said. That was followed by a fake Trump voice saying in the background, Sweetie, come back to bed."
"Crosswalk buttons in several cities on the Peninsula appear to have been hacked - playing prank messages using voices that sound a lot like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. This is one of several in Redwood City @KTVU pic.twitter.com/oAukJoqGHj Betty Yu (@bett_y It turns out they did get to the bottom of it, and the hack was amazingly simple. Caltrans didn't change the passwords for the crosswalks that the manufacturers set, making them vulnerable to hackers, the Daily Post reports."
Hackers reprogrammed Palo Alto and Menlo Park crosswalk audio in April to play satirical, AI-generated voices imitating Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. The fake messages included a faux Musk monologue about Cybertruck and loneliness and another fake Musk line followed by a fake Trump voice. A California Public Records Act inquiry revealed the exploit was simple: Caltrans never changed manufacturers' default passwords on the crosswalk systems, leaving them vulnerable to remote access. Similar prank audio clips appeared in multiple Peninsula cities, including Redwood City, and the incidents provoked widespread amusement.
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