[HN Gopher] Baghdad closes LED advert screens after hacker shows...
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       Baghdad closes LED advert screens after hacker shows porn film on a
       screen
        
       Author : campuscodi
       Score  : 51 points
       Date   : 2023-08-21 21:56 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.iraqinews.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.iraqinews.com)
        
       | NotYourLawyer wrote:
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         | alrs wrote:
         | I think you're pretty bent if you're hoping that children were
         | exposed to public porn of any sort.
        
           | skyyler wrote:
           | >The Iraqi government, which is dominated by pro-Iranian
           | parties, has targeted several YouTubers and TikTokers since
           | last year, accusing them of sharing "indecent content" that
           | goes "against morals and traditions".
           | 
           | >Some of them have been imprisoned, including a young woman
           | who posted videos dancing to pop music.
           | 
           | This was a protest. Protests are supposed to be
           | uncomfortable.
        
             | za3faran wrote:
             | Easy for you to say when you're sitting behind your screen
             | most likely in a Western country. The people of Iraq have
             | suffered for decades at the hands of occupation, constant
             | bombardment, instability, poverty, sanctions, and more.
             | Give them a break. Some of the comments here, like the GP
             | post are quite sickening.
        
           | serf wrote:
           | not to encourage a race to the bottom, but 'being exposed to
           | pornography' is pretty low on the list of risks to youth as
           | far as Iraq is concerned. [0,1,2,3]
           | 
           | [0]: https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/iraq/publication/ec
           | d201... [1]: https://www.humanium.org/en/iraq/ [2]:
           | https://www.unicef.org/stories/displaced-children-iraq-
           | tell-... [3]:
           | https://iraq.un.org/en/235063-more-9000-children-have-
           | been-k...
        
             | alrs wrote:
             | No disagreement from me.
        
           | Aeolun wrote:
           | Pretty sure that children of any sort deal with it better
           | than people that hate porn for an ideological reason.
        
           | meepmorp wrote:
           | > you're hoping that children
           | 
           | Why bring the children in to this?
        
           | FreshStart wrote:
           | Murdeeing people okay for all ages. Making people is the
           | devils. A sign of a sound mind with decent morals.
        
         | serf wrote:
         | given that a suspect was arrested I guess I hope it was mild
         | enough that the suspect, guilty or not, isn't permanently
         | removed from society in one way or another.
        
       | s5300 wrote:
       | The Las Vegas Sphere was powered down during the recent DEFCON
       | conference.
       | 
       | Nothing was officially stated, but it was rumored they didn't
       | want to risk anything like this happening.
        
         | birdyrooster wrote:
         | I was there and watched it display scenes before during and
         | after DEFCON. One of my extended online friendlies started a
         | goof post on Reddit with a $300 reward. There were so many
         | people who claimed they could hack it or would hack it this
         | year and.. no one did.
        
           | avery17 wrote:
           | Knowing casinos, it's pretty likely that they actually have
           | good security.
        
           | WrtCdEvrydy wrote:
           | You can't hack a dumb power switch (or what I assume is a
           | giant breaker)
        
           | s5300 wrote:
           | [dead]
        
         | tpmx wrote:
         | Has anyone modelled that obvious... content onto that
         | hemispherical LED display?
        
           | jprd wrote:
           | Yep!
           | 
           | https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/wp-
           | content/uploads/2023/07...
        
             | tpmx wrote:
             | You read my mind!
             | 
             | I feel like they could have done a better job at faking a
             | depth map though.
        
             | nullc wrote:
             | eye see what you did there.
        
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       | DeTheBug wrote:
       | Iraqi here *facepalm* again it's not a spooky cyber attack, it's
       | the stupid way they operate these screens, they use anydesk and
       | teamviewer to control them, they're hooked to windows machines
       | and often times they show the desktop and user/password is
       | displayed on the big screen
       | 
       | Here is a real life pic by a friend https://imgur.com/a/g0LB9vt
        
         | serf wrote:
         | it's done exactly the same way in the States. lots of similar
         | photos to show for it. I guess that whole industry just doesn't
         | care.
        
       | croo wrote:
       | I wonder how many times do these animated advertisement screens
       | near roads or highways needs to be hacked in a similar way in
       | order to make them disappear. Can they be problematic frequently
       | enough to make the companies just get rid of them?
       | 
       | Wish it was as easy as installing an adblocker.
        
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