Terrorists and crosswalks

[unixronin]

So it seems Cross Anytime just released their list of almost 4,000 accumulated crosswalk-control hacks, including their most popular, a 3-2-1-2-3 sequence to get an instant "Walk" light.

The absurd part?  The FBI has shut down their site, http://www.crosswalkbuttonhacks.com/, citing DMCA violations and (I swear I'm not making this up) fears that "terrorists might use the hacks to cross the streets of America at will."

I honestly don't know whether to laugh or weep.

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Update:  As believable of our bumbling government as this might be, accumulating evidence seems to indicate it's probably a hoax.  I didn't spend sufficient time to check it out, clearly.

Comments

Um, er...

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

I think you have been trolled.

Called "the world's greatest tech humour site" by The Register, BBspot creates entertainment for the geekier side of the world. BBspot produces a variety of features like fake news stories satirizing the tech and political worlds, the BBspot Mailbag which pokes fun at the Believers (people who believe our fake news) and much more. BBspot was started by Brian Briggs in April of 2000 as a hobby to bring some fun to the web, but grew to the point where Brian "quit his day job" and made the site his full-time occupation in January of 2003. (http://www.bbspot.com/Legal/about.html) [emphasis added]

But I could be wrong.