Residents of Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia, experienced an unexpected and unusual start to their Friday morning commute. As they boarded their public transport buses, they were greeted by a barrage of sound emanating from the vehicles’ speakers.
These buses had fallen victim to a hack orchestrated by anti-government protestors, who took control of the ticket scanners and point-of-sales devices. In a bold move, they transformed these everyday tools into platforms for political expression,
