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[marilyn.monroe]

A research team has exposed a glaring flaw in domestic drone technology.
 
By this point, most of us are habituated to the American military's fondness for using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, between you and me) in far-flung combat zones. As the technology that powers these machines advances, private companies are becoming increasingly interested in possible domestic applications for the de-fanged, person-friendly cousins of the military's UAVs. With that in mind, a team from the University of Texas at Austin's Radionavigation Lab this week demonstrated the potential weakenesses of such systems by hacking a domestic UAV using "spoofing" tech that cost less than $1,000 to build.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/118209-Students-Hack-Unmanned-Drone

[Pax]

Cool. What a FedNote-friendly way to turn the drones against their masters!!