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GPS Spoofing With $3000 Worth of Equipment and a Laptop

Posted by timothy on from the james-bond-villains-go-frugal dept.

First time accepted submitter svartbjorn writes "Todd Humphreys and a team from the University of Texas proved the concept that a terrorist could take over the navigation of a ship or even a plane, making it appear to the crew that the ship was moving along a straight line course when in fact it was changing course under the control of the device. This raises some serious issues for this being used for terrorist purposes."

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  1. Now by memnock · · Score: 4, Funny

    the feds will require all laptops to be registered and have a remote kill switch installed. Can't let the terrorists win!!

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    "To stop the terrorists."
    1. Re:Now by CODiNE · · Score: 3, Funny

      Even better, we can add handprint recognition to knives so they only work for the registered owner.

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  2. Re:Gyros by the_other_chewey · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is why ships still have gyros.

    So the only vessels at risk are those with 100% vegetarian crews.
    It's probably not too much of an issue then...

  3. Re:Tomorrow Never Dies by ebno-10db · · Score: 4, Funny

    Awesome, we can make James Bond movies happen!

    On Slashdot you can easily find the know-how to do everything in a James Bond movie, except get the girl.