France: Educational Radars Open For Hacking - Have Fun

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France: Educational Radars Open For Hacking - Have Fun

<table cellspacing="0" align="left" border="0" width="110" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><div class="Pict"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/newspics4/Pedagiguque-Radar-Software-Hacked.jpg" width="100" height="30" title="Pedagiguque Radar Software Hacked" alt="Pedagiguque Radar Software Hacked" style="border:1px solid white;"></div></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="110" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><div class="Pict"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/newspics4/Pedagiguque-Radar-Software.jpg" width="100" height="89" title="Pedagiguque Radar Software" alt="Pedagiguque Radar Software" style="border:1px solid white;"></div></td></tr></table>#Radar #Hacking #France - Here's one we didn't see coming. Since a year or so, France has installed 1,000 of educational radars. These radars, usually found in villages and towns, show you the speed you are travelling at in your car or motorcycle, and if you are speeding, how many license points you would forfeit if caught by a real radar.<br><br>

The educational radars usually show a message, like "Slow Down" when speeding, etc. One French blogger, Korben, discovered that it's very easy to "hack" into these radars. In fact the word "hack" is way to strong since the manufacturers more or less have invited people to change the settings.<br><br>

According to the manufacturer's websites, almost all of them are accessible via Bluetooth, and for convenience sake, the Bluetooth code is shown on the site (it's "0000"). The software that you need to run to setup the radar is freely downloadable on the sites as well. No password, no id .... just download.<br><br> ...

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