Commercial Flights Are Experiencing ‘Unthinkable’ GPS Attacks and Nobody Knows What to Do::New “spoofing” attacks resulting in total navigation failure have been occurring above the Middle East for months, which is “highly significant” for airline safety.

  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    If their isn’t then there’s a big problem with implementing that now, which would require a retrofit of every single GPS system currently in use and likely a replacement of all GPS satellites

    Edit: I’m slightly mistaken, the military uses encryption but they don’t have that open for public use.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      I would hope whoever designed the satellites had the foresight to allow remote software updates.

      • Ilovethebomb
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        1 year ago

        They’re talking about the millions of receivers around the world, not the satellites.

      • Restaldt
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        1 year ago

        Nah we just need a satellite mechanic astronaut