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I agree. My first thought when reading the article was "WTF? No encryption?". Would be interested in learning more about the company that makes these, and how s
by KWD 17y ago
I agree. My first thought when reading the article was "WTF? No encryption?". Would be interested in learning more about the company that makes these, and how something so obvious was not done.
- jedc 17y agoIf they were first deployed in the 1990's, the technology was developed in the 1980's. Easily deployable software to grab the signals out of the air was probably outside the realm of what seemed possible then. Why it hasn't been fixed since is shocking!
- stcredzero 17y agoReminds me of Brian Singer's documentary "Spin," which is no longer available on YouTube. It was made of raw Satellite feed going down to local news stations.
- sunny_s 17y agosome of it is here http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/43.html http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/43.html
- vidarh 17y agoConsumer satellite TV was around from the early 80's, and the struggle to scramble the signal in ways that people wouldn't get around to get free TV started promptly... They really had no excuse - while they might not expect some random guy with a little dish and a laptop, they should have been expecting hostile governments from easily having the capability.
- blhack 17y agoI don't buy this. Well, to be more accurate, I believe what you're saying, but I don't believe that it is a valid excuse. Most of the functionality of these drones could be duplicated with nearly off-the-shelf hardware. (at least off-the-shelf for Boeing/Lockheed/General Dynamics/Raytheon/etc).
- gaius 17y agoEasily deployable software to grab the signals out of the air was probably outside the realm of what seemed possible then Not for the Russians it wasn't! Nor for the French, who will happily sell weapons to whoever wants them (as we Brits learnt in the Falklands War).