[JohnBrowdie]

I'm not sure this is such a huge deal. if a terrorist sees someone he knows on the hacked feed, there is no way to warm his friend in time. and if he sees himself on the hacked feed, it just means he's gonna die on television.

it's not a good thing, by any means, but certainly not crippling.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I agree. The video feed is most likely raw and does not contain latitude and longitude info which is probably added via secure data link. It would be good for putting together a “He Blowed Up Real Good” montage video, though.

[Made In The USA]

Predators Rock! We’ve grown a couple generations of video game players and now... we’ll kill bad guys from halfway around the world while simulaneously IM’g friends for lunch plans. Guess it sucks to be jihadi stuck in the 13th century!

[HamiltonJay]

If you see the feed, you know where the drones are and where they are targeting, that’s a HUGE tactical problem. If you know where we are going/looking, you know where not to be.

I can’t believe anyone authorized non encryption of the video feeds to begin with... I’d love to see the techs who fought to prevent this and managements excuse to let it go.

[giotto]

there is no way to warm his friend in time

The Predator will take care of that.