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Most US Drones Still Beam Video Unencrypted

Posted by timothy on from the hey-it-beats-satellite-piracy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Four years after discovering that militants were tapping into drone video feeds, the U.S. military still hasn't secured the transmissions of more than half of its fleet of Predator and Reaper drones, Danger Room has learned. The majority of the aircraft still broadcast their classified video streams 'in the clear' — without encryption. With a minimal amount of equipment and know-how, militants can see what America's drones see."

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  1. Re:Editor Fail by Hadlock · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    We got a Glenn Beck link earlier today in the form of a voting machine calibration story. This does not bode well for Slashdot. Either that, or they've been hacked, and they haven't been able to tell anyone yet. I'm not sure which has happened.
     
    When they start linking to dodgy russian warez sites, it'll become more obvious who's in control of the site.

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