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It is harder to spoof image recognition guidance, but spoofing is not mentioned as an issue in the article.

vanattab 11y ago
Ah.. I think you might be onto something. An image recognition approach probably does mitigate gps spoofing and jamming attacks. And perhaps they are thinking about china's anti satellite missiles that they tested a few years back.
JustSomeNobody 11y ago
Is it really? The military has been using camo to spoof image recognition since forever. But I guess if this is for drops then camo wouldn't apply?
- gherkin0 11y ago
  > Is it really? The military has been using camo to spoof image recognition since forever. I don't think so. Camouflage has been used to hide things in the terrain for a long time, but I don't think it's ever been used impersonate a different area's terrain (which I think you'd have to do to "spoof" in this context). Edit: Actually, now that I think about it, I might be wrong. Wartime blackouts could probably be thought of a kind of spoofing camouflage, especially if they put decoy lights in an area away from the city or left lights on in less-critical areas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_%28wartime%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_%28wartime%29
  - JustSomeNobody 11y ago
    Was used in Area 51: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/05/110520-area-51-secret-hid-craft-base-declassified-a-12-plane/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/05/110520-area-... And while not images per se (though they did use blow up equipment), there's the Ghost Army: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Army Edit: To clarify, the Ghost Army used inflatables not to hide, but to mimick and deceive, but the concept is similar.
- fapjacks 11y ago
  There is the unspoken assumption here that several methods are used to guide airdrops to the proper location. All of them coupled together are strong against any attack which targets one. Something else is that specifically there would most likely be markers (infrared fireflies, colored flares, smoke, etc) that would be used to signal the drone in the first place. The infrared spectrum is still phenomenally useful because of the barrier to entry the technology has for utilizing it. If you see a flashing infrared signal, it is almost a certainty it's US or "allied" forces. Kinda tangential but interesting.

Ah.. I think you might be onto something. An image recognition approach probably does mitigate gps spoofing and jamming attacks. And perhaps they are thinking about china's anti satellite missiles that they tested a few years back.

JustSomeNobody 11y ago

Is it really? The military has been using camo to spoof image recognition since forever. But I guess if this is for drops then camo wouldn't apply?

gherkin0 11y ago
> Is it really? The military has been using camo to spoof image recognition since forever. I don't think so. Camouflage has been used to hide things in the terrain for a long time, but I don't think it's ever been used impersonate a different area's terrain (which I think you'd have to do to "spoof" in this context). Edit: Actually, now that I think about it, I might be wrong. Wartime blackouts could probably be thought of a kind of spoofing camouflage, especially if they put decoy lights in an area away from the city or left lights on in less-critical areas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_%28wartime%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_%28wartime%29
- JustSomeNobody 11y ago
  Was used in Area 51: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/05/110520-area-51-secret-hid-craft-base-declassified-a-12-plane/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/05/110520-area-... And while not images per se (though they did use blow up equipment), there's the Ghost Army: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Army Edit: To clarify, the Ghost Army used inflatables not to hide, but to mimick and deceive, but the concept is similar.
fapjacks 11y ago
There is the unspoken assumption here that several methods are used to guide airdrops to the proper location. All of them coupled together are strong against any attack which targets one. Something else is that specifically there would most likely be markers (infrared fireflies, colored flares, smoke, etc) that would be used to signal the drone in the first place. The infrared spectrum is still phenomenally useful because of the barrier to entry the technology has for utilizing it. If you see a flashing infrared signal, it is almost a certainty it's US or "allied" forces. Kinda tangential but interesting.