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Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: MIAMIATC on April 12, 2013, 07:41:02 AM

Title: Frightening Cell Phone Usage
Post by: MIAMIATC on April 12, 2013, 07:41:02 AM
I came across  this frightening story this morning. If true this scares the daylight out of me and so it should youas well

 http://m.blogs.computerworld.com/cybercrime-and-hacking/22036/hacker-uses-android-remotely-attack-and-hijack-airplane?mm_ref=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fl.php%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fblogs.computerworld.com%252Fcybercrime-and-hacking%252F22036%252Fhacker-uses-android-remotely-attack-and-hijack-airplane%26h%3DMAQFmJI6z8WliSeRvAAA%26s%3D1
Title: Re: Frightening Cell Phone Usage
Post by: 757-rules on April 12, 2013, 09:48:37 AM
Mwah, I'm not so worried about this....

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/researcher-shows-how-to-hack-and-crash-a-passenger-aircraft-with-an-android-phone-8569117.html
Title: Re: Frightening Cell Phone Usage
Post by: Biff on April 12, 2013, 09:54:42 AM
Yea, a hacker could annoy the heck out of the pilots, but crashing the airplane is a major exaggeration. 

At worst he could just force the pilots to hand-fly the aircraft.  The article implies that airliners no longer have the instruments to allow the pilots to manually fly the plane.  That's laughable.
Title: Re: Frightening Cell Phone Usage
Post by: gboro flyer on April 23, 2013, 05:10:33 AM
Yes I am very worried as this blog was clearly written by an aviation expert, with gems such as:
"Yet many planes no longer have old analog instruments for manual flying"


Lets be real