Not the same as the TV show, that's an unofficial Max Headroom "incident".
Too bad the "message" was an incoherent mess. It could have been an epic anti-establishment rant to penetrate minds - and then I'd guess they would have bothered to discover who was behind it.
They never turn off, just like 1984.
They spy on you with a hidden microphone and camera.
Don't forget the one in your pocket. Can't even reasonably replace the OS with code you can read.
Instead of a microchip in the brain, we got a spyphone that spies on us.
... and Max Headroom.
https://news.wttw.com/2017/11/21/30-years-later-notorious-max-headroom-incident-remains-mystery
Not the same as the TV show, that's an unofficial Max Headroom "incident".
Too bad the "message" was an incoherent mess. It could have been an epic anti-establishment rant to penetrate minds - and then I'd guess they would have bothered to discover who was behind it.
The Masked Television Hijacker - Max Headroom Incident (31:37) ~ Armoured Skeptic
I have collected a box of Max Headroom ephemera, including several Max Headroom masks.
https://youtu.be/ufQ4OqI30e8