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kyle_martin1 on July 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Drone hijacked by UT hackers with $1,000 spoofer

I wouldn't consider this "hacking" or even very impressive. If you deliver enough power to the right antenna with the right carrier frequency you can jam any wireless communication. It's the same concept as "whoever yells the loudest will be heard".

JabavuAdams on July 8, 2012 [–]

Your argument just makes this more serious. It's a (possibly easy) exploit with serious consequences.

kyle_martin1 on July 9, 2012 | [–]

I was speaking to how exaggerated the title of the post is, not the ease of exploitation.

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