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ProgressiveProfessor

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13. Spoofing and clocking have been doable for years

Reply to Plucketeer (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 2, 2012, 08:17 AM

Jul 2012

The real issue will be police or other official UAVs that require GPS for operation but are not allowed to use the military encrypted signals and other anti spoofing tools.

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On dare from government, researchers successfully hack flying drone [View all] MindMover Jul 2012 OP

Spoofing a GPS receiver is not the same as hacking a drone. TheWraith Jul 2012 #1

How does that "kool-ade" taste? nt Plucketeer Jul 2012 #3

Glad to see you admit to having no actual argument to rebut with, so you resort to insults. nt TheWraith Jul 2012 #4

Hmmm... Plucketeer Jul 2012 #5

News for you: The Pentagon didn't build the Ford Pinto or the Hubble Space Telescope. TheWraith Jul 2012 #7

"It's possible but so difficult as to be fairly pointless." boppers Jul 2012 #11

You're correct Plucketeer Jul 2012 #12

Actually it is, since gps is computer controlled nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #8

They aren't spoofing the GPS reciever. They're spoofing the GPS satellite signals. boppers Jul 2012 #9

Just a matter of time Plucketeer Jul 2012 #2

Of course and the reaction from TPTB will be, damn, our profits are under threat. n/t EFerrari Jul 2012 #6

We will need more and better drones woo me with science Jul 2012 #10

Spoofing and clocking have been doable for years ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #13

You could fly it into a mountain that way, eh? nt bemildred Jul 2012 #14

It's unnecessary to hijack a drone loose wheel Jul 2012 #15

Didn't Iran do this to one of our military drones? ManiacJoe Jul 2012 #16