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AIS was never designed to be secure, the easiest attack being to just jam the 2 frequencies it uses. But the AIS industry has sold itself as a safety and securi
by bcl 13y ago
AIS was never designed to be secure, the easiest attack being to just jam the 2 frequencies it uses. But the AIS industry has sold itself as a safety and security device, convincing the government to mandate its carriage on ships in order to protect against terrorism.
- revelation 13y agoIt can quite obviously never be "secure" if the basic premise of the system is that entities self-report their location. You can only hope to make it harder to submit wrong data.
- unclebucknasty 13y agoSecuring it internally vs. externally are different goals.