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BBC: Drones set to share sky with domestic air traffic

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    Read more and see photos via the source link.

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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20139093
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    Yeah, ADS-B is going to be the thing. Even right now without wide use of ADS-B you can buy one for under $1,000.00 Soon they will be a $299.00 thing.
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    I believe that it's already been proven that ADS-B is easily hacked.
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    Really? If you have any reference to that somewhere would like to read it.
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    Here are a couple:

    http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/08/16/158758161/could-the-new-air-traffic-control-system-be-hacked

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/27/hacker-shows-air-traffic-_n_1711343.html
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    Well, I guess I shouldn't be surprized. Nothing like that is ever left alone.
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    I was really surprised to learn that they are not encrypting these signals.  The other story about the Predator Drones not using encrypted video signals make it seem to me that the government does not practice what they preach.  They are fast to react when a private sector institution fails at privacy or security matters but lackadaisical in their own endeavors.
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