GPS Flaw: Security Expert Says He Won't Fly April 6

Tom's Guide ^ | Paul Wagenseil

[Truthoverpower]

Paper maps are great
iPhone maps are damn good tho

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

This security “expert” is a moron. Even if GPS worldwide takes a dump that day, unless it takes out transponders and radars, too, I don’t see anything beyond a minor glitch.

[old curmudgeon]

I just checked your personal page.

WOW.

Too late tonight to read all of that, but I plan to later.

I did note the link on tracking thunderstorms.

When I quit there was a gadget whose name I can’t recall right now, but it tracked lightning discharges and presented their location on a 360 degree instrument.

Several of the guys that flew off my home base had it along with radar.

I stuck with radar. I have often thought it would be fun to get an old one and set it up on the farm so as to track bad storms.

But too much trouble and any thunderstorm is a bad storm. It only takes one strike. That is one game where you don’t get three.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I liked all the stories about microwave ovens, washing machines, and ANYTHING electronic that doesn’t track the date in any way is supposed to be affected. A lot of electronics “experts” got bit on the ass with that. It was a great chance to pick up some great bargain camping gear, though, so hype this, too.

[Magnum44]

See post 29

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Yep, and I got to buy camping gear off them at fire-sale prices.

[_Jim]

re: “I just checked your personal page.”

And then there’s my QRZ.com page (that shall remain undisclosed) :)

[Richard from IL]

Hi Magnum44,

My wife and I have fond memories of meeting you in 2009. I hope that you’re doing well. I spoke at AF Space Command in 2016. There are more details at www.gpsdeclassified.com

[Cold Heart]

“I do miss maps” Then start collecting them, they are still available.

[Vendome]

I’m in Telecom and was at the time as well as on the computer company at one point

Nothing happened that was catastrophic or of any note

[xrmusn]

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[SubMareener]

My Tandy 100 never worked after 2000.

[onona]

DANG ! I miss my Tandy. Holy carp that was a nice little computer.

great. I'm old.

[onona]

Who invented the Global Positioning System?

Your Dad?

That’s wonderful.

Are you ok ?

[Pajamajan]

Bookmark

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks cba123. I'm not going to fly on the other 364 days, either.

[donna]

Check Richard from IL FR home page. He has a link there.

[ExGeeEye]

Well...

If it is “Y2K-like”...

Then no problem.

At all.

[cba123]

Someone invented it.

Might just be his Dad.

[eartick]

every bit of critical infrastructure in this country all had manual backup processes

Yeah but it is that restore that gets you