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Hackers bring down flying drone
June 29, 2012 at 1:27 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18643134
Quote:American researchers took control of a flying drone by hacking into its GPS system - acting on a $1,000 (£640) dare from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
A University of Texas at Austin team used "spoofing" - a technique where the drone mistakes the signal from hackers for the one sent from GPS satellites.
The same method may have been used to bring down a US drone in Iran in 2011.
Of course the answer is to give the drones more autonomy, but that way lies the terminator future.
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RE: Hackers bring down flying drone
June 29, 2012 at 1:32 pm
An answer that is, for now,( and publicly at least), a non-answer. Our armed forces have consistently insisted that there should always be a human being with their finger on the trigger. Is that self interest speaking or a genuine show of conscience and clear thinking, who knows.., but I definitely agree...lol.
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RE: Hackers bring down flying drone
June 29, 2012 at 1:51 pm
And thus signals the death of the drone.
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RE: Hackers bring down flying drone
June 30, 2012 at 2:49 am
(This post was last modified: June 30, 2012 at 2:49 am by Autumnlicious.)
Drones should be able to conduct a run and return to base without a human puppeteering it.
Is anyone really surprised? The second you abstract a human out of the equation means other people can fuck with it. The only solution is either arms race (against a hacker) or isolation (through autonomous behavior routines).
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RE: Hackers bring down flying drone
June 30, 2012 at 2:59 am
Oh awesome, now the same fat, greasy, sexually frustrated nerds who get their kicks out of being a source of annoyance to people who have lives can now take control of a drone and blow us to shit.
Well, I feel safe.
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RE: Hackers bring down flying drone
June 30, 2012 at 7:57 am
(This post was last modified: June 30, 2012 at 7:57 am by Angrboda.)
They forget that humans are just as fallible. It's a strawman and a double standard. Humans have fallen prey to spoofing since before the Trojan Horse.
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