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  • Iraqi insurgents using $26 software to monitor Predator video feeds

    12/17/2009 8:55:10 AM PST · by mgstarr · 17 replies · 784+ views
    Engadget.com ^ | 12/17/09 | Nilay Patel
    We can't say we've ever heard of a $26 Russian program called SkyGrabber before, but it's about to get famous real fast -- according to the Wall Street Journal, Iraqi insurgents have been regularly using the satellite-snooping software to monitor live Predator video feeds. Apparently the Predator transmits video over an unencrypted link, so there's no major hacking or security breach going on here, but it's obviously a huge issue -- and we'd say the bigger problem is that Pentagon officials have known about this flaw since the 1990s, but they didn't think insurgents would figure out how to exploit...
  • Do you hate vanities as much as I do? (Vanity)

    05/01/2004 2:19:59 PM PDT · by AmishDude · 85 replies · 411+ views
    I mean, who does stuff like that? Just ask an open-ended question in the title and ask everyone to comment, even though they don't know what it refers to?It drives me crazy