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Kind of interesting that there wasn't a head nod to potential attack surfaces opened with using robots in the article or comments here so far. It was the first
by cinquemb 13y ago
Kind of interesting that there wasn't a head nod to potential attack surfaces opened with using robots in the article or comments here so far. It was the first thing I thought about before reading the article.
Makes you wonder especially in the 21st century urban combat where someone on some rooftop out of view (or across the world) could exploit/take over such machines and that force multiplier will starting to not look like one. But also seeing the trend of armies facing off people of the general populace (regardless of their "enemy combatant" status) and not other standing armies in general, I wouldn't say I'm bothered by the studies/movement in this direction, I might even welcome it.
- TrainedMonkey 13y agoI do not think that is a real possibility unless there is a deliberate sabotage or engineering control interface left open. I mean tanks, planes, and drones already contain large amount of "hackable" hardware. Has not happened yet.
- jrochkind1 13y agoHow confident are you that it hasn't happened yet? I'm not sure we have had the opportunity to find out if it's happened yet, yet.
- cinquemb 13y agoWell only a casual peruse[0][1][2] tells me that I'm confident that it has happened on multiple occasions, has been reported on by media (at least for drones) to some degree, and that we most likely that haven't had the opportunity to see how far down the rabbit hole this can go. [0]: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=drones+are+hackable https://duckduckgo.com/?q=drones+are+hackable [1]: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/drone-virus-kept-quiet/ http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/drone-virus-kept-qui... [2]: http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/19/aerial-drones-vulnerable-to-being-hacked-congress-told/ http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/19/aerial-drones-vulne...