The user “hacked” Google Maps, creating a traffic jam using 99 smartphones

Traffic jams are one of the biggest problems in modern megacities, which is why many different

Mapping applications offer the function of demonstrating traffic conditions in real time. As it turned out, this system is not so difficult to deceive.

So, a regular user named Simon Weckertdeveloped an extremely simple, but no less ingenious scheme, thanks to which you can “hack” the Google Maps application. To do this, just “load” 99 smartphones into the cart, and then drive along the road with it at the speed of a pedestrian. As a result, the Google application will take the cart with smartphones for slowly moving traffic and update the information on the maps, adding that a new traffic jam has appeared on the road.

Video demonstrating the work of his “hack”Weckert posted on YouTube. It is likely that in the near future, the search giant will release an update in which it will correct a flaw identified by a regular user.