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Thread ID: 125552	2012-07-05 15:47:00	Help - A Book I ALMOST Remember	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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1286296	2012-07-05 15:47:00	I was a fairly avid science fiction reader in school and a lot of the Heinlein and Asimov and Bradbury stories blur into a glutenous mass some times . But --- one I remember involved two planets in war where the computerized drone bombs were not making it to their targets on either side until someone came up with a new, brilliant design: Put a person inside the missile and it was un-jammable . Does anyone remember that story line? Anyway - what popped this flashback into my head this morning is the following article::: How College Students Hijacked A Government Spy Drone A heated controversy is about to get even more controversial after a group of college students figured out a way to hack a government surveillance drone . The experiment, carried out by a University of Texas team in conjunction with the Department of Homeland security, used a method called GPS-spoofing . Using about $1,000 worth of equipment, the researchers were able to “spoof” a GPS receiver, send false signals and take control of the unmanned aircraft . To highlight just how dangerous a hijacked aircraft can be, they nearly steered it into the ground before a safety pilot with a radio control intervened to prevent the drone from crashing . The security of UAV technology has been a concern since military officials discovered a computer virus had infected systems used to control Predator and Reaper drones . Such fears were heightened when Iran was able to capture the U . S . military’s most advanced reconnaissance aircraft, a RQ-170 Sentinal last December . It’s believed that the hackers brought down the drone by jamming GPS navigational signals . GPS spoofing, however, takes the threat to more sophisticated and dangerous level since a hijacked drone can be manipulated to carry out attacks or to steal gathered intelligence . It’s kind of like the robot version of being possessed or mind control . LINK::: . smartplanet . com/blog/thinking-tech/how-college-students-hijacked-a-government-spy-drone/12214?tag=nl . e660" target="_blank">www . smartplanet . com Look for an interesting 'buzz word' in the article if you wanna . I noticed it right away . the possibility of “re-possession” has become cause for concern . That's kinda like calling an illegal alien a: map-dysfunctional tourist .	SurferJoe46 (51)
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