GPS Spoofing With $3000 Worth of Equipment and a Laptop 180
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."
Now (Score:5, Funny)
the feds will require all laptops to be registered and have a remote kill switch installed. Can't let the terrorists win!!
Re:Gyros (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...
Re:Tomorrow Never Dies (Score:5, 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.
Re:Now (Score:4, Funny)
Even better, we can add handprint recognition to knives so they only work for the registered owner.