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Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuck voices


Crosswalk buttons along the mid-Peninsula appear to have been hacked, so that when pressed, voices professing to be Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk begin speaking.

Courtesy Justin Ward.Crosswalk buttons along the mid-Peninsula were hacked last week so that when pressed, voices professing to be Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk began speaking. Videos taken at locations in Redwood City, Menlo Park and Palo Alto showed various messages that began to play when crosswalk buttons were hit. Over in Menlo Park, a video taken near Meta’s headquarters shows a crosswalk signal with a voice identifying himself as “Zuck” stating how proud he is of “everything we’ve been building together.”

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