• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    It’s was relatively easy and within reach of many people to do so back then. It took a bit of technical know how, don’t money and you could hijack done TV signals and send out a signal that people could see.

    Now it would probably take a good amount of money, lots of skill, lots of knowledge and lots of people in coordination to hack a site or service to try to reach out to a small corner of the internet. Everything is locked down now … sure they can be bypassed and hacked … it just takes far more effort and skill and money than it did 30 years ago.

    • null@slrpnk.net
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      1 year ago

      I think you’re confusing Max Headroom with the “Max Headroom signal hijacking incident”

      Max Headroom was a real character who was used in TV shows and commercials, etc.

      The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident was where someone hijacked a broadcast in Chicago with a video of someone dressed up as Max Headroom.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I think an identical spirit embodied both the show and the stunt.

        It’s the spirit I would want to emulate.