# Teen Hackers Turn 'One Million Checkboxes' Into Epic Prank with Hidden Messages 🎨

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/teen-hackers-turn-one-million-checkboxes-into-epic-prank-with-hidden-messages/290340>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** technology\
**Created:** [August 31, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/teen-hackers-turn-one-million-checkboxes-into-epic-prank-with-hidden-messages/290340 "2024-08-31T18:13:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/teen-hackers-turn-one-million-checkboxes-into-epic-prank-with-hidden-messages/290340/1 "2024-08-31T18:13:34Z")

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**Summary:**

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1. **Surprise Discovery**  
After game developer Nolen Royalty launched “One Million Checkboxes,” a site allowing users to interact with a grid of checkboxes, he was stunned to find that the state of the checkboxes, stored in a database, spelled out a URL in ASCII code.

2. **Elaborate Prank**  
A group of teenagers had used a bot to strategically check and uncheck boxes, creating a hidden URL that led to a Discord channel. There, they revealed their prank, which included a QR code and base64 message hidden in the checkbox grid.

3. **Creative Contributions**  
The teens used their newfound playground to create various artistic displays, including a blue screen of death, gifs, and even a real-time animated Rickroll across the site. Royalty praised their creativity and skill, reflecting on his own experiences with tech pranks.

**Read more at:** [Kottke.org](https://kottke.org)