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Max
12-17-2009, 06:31 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/17/insurgents-hack-drones/

This is just silly that they don't encrypt the video feed. They need to get with the movie industry that has a great deal of experience, don't think so just look at digital copies these days. They are so bad even the original owner has a hard time watching them because of the security. :rofl
synseer
12-17-2009, 09:51 AM
I'd be willing to bet one of the combat developers on that drone project thought of encrypting the video feed but due to some pawltry attempt to save a little money, it got scraped. Probably argued that no one would figure out how to do it or that since vid feeds of drone surveillance are already public knowledge, that encrypting the live feed would not be necessary.
Jeb
12-17-2009, 01:02 PM
Guy's, this is the same bunch of govt boobs that published the manual on how TSA screens terrorist! The plans for our attack on Afhganistan was leaked on CNN so Osama did not have to use spys...he just had to turn on his TV! The infrastructure of all facets of our government is run by former Clinton political appointments that want us to see us fall as the single world super power...and they are making pretty good progress!:rofl
Motive
12-17-2009, 01:53 PM
Heard it took some 25 dollar software to hack into those.....and these are the guys libs want running our healthcare?
Jeb
12-17-2009, 03:37 PM
Heard it took some 25 dollar software to hack into those.....and these are the guys libs want running our healthcare?

Yeah and it was made in the lefts favorite country...Russia!
synseer
12-18-2009, 10:43 AM
Ha!...wasn't right on target but in the ball park as to why the video feeds were not encrypted early on.

"Members of the Pentagon's Joint Staff discussed the potential security shortfall of drone feeds in 2004 and 2005, according to two officers with direct knowledge of the deliberations.

Officers at the time weren't concerned about adversaries intercepting the signals in Iraq or Afghanistan because drones weren't yet common there and militants weren't thought to be technically sophisticated."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/17/officers-warned-flaw-drones/a/?test=latestnews
MYCAR47562
12-21-2009, 01:20 PM
at least they haven't hacked the controls yet