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[ NNSquad ] A phone app that threatens airline security?


A phone app that threatens airline security?

http://bit.ly/971NND  (NDTV)

  "London:  A cheap mobile phone application that can track the
   precise location of passenger aircraft in the sky can be a serious
   terrorist threat, security experts have claimed and called for its
   immediate ban."

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And the reason that ADS-B transmissions aren't protected by strong
encryption is ... uh ... 

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com)
http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
Co-Founder, PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility): http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad (Network Neutrality Squad): http://www.nnsquad.org
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