“It’s like criminals using radio scanners to pick up police communications,” the senior officer says.
No, its like freedom fighters exploiting your ridiculous lack of
video encryption.
FAIL.
Wait till they take over your control channels.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/12/not-just-drones-militants-can-snoop-on-most-us-warplanes/
Still, systems like the ROVER (and the Predator, for that matter) were “built to be cheap. They used commercial off-the-shelf hardware. We wanted to get stuff out there. So it’s not gonna be perfect,” the officer adds. “So yeah, if we’re broadcasting in the electromagnetic spectrum and you’re underneath the footprint, you can receive it. Duh-uhhhh.”
Clueful.
