If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people
under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy. - Thomas Jefferson


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Unencrypted transmissions

I know that most of us Americans think of the terrorists and insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as dirty little men living in caves who only come out to hump camels or blow themselves up.

We also like to think of our own military as the most technologically advance fighting force on Earth with all the trinkets and gadgets a smart military could hope for.

If any of this is even remotely true, can someone PLEASE explain to me why our 'enemies' are able to sit back and sip on some chai while enjoying live streaming videos from our unmanned drones? Doesn't it kind of set us back a bit when they can hack into one of the most advanced weapons of the most advanced military to see what we see? Wouldn't you move Bin Laden to a new cave when you can see that the cave he is in now is being watched?

I gotta wonder how long before they can take over control of the drones and use them against us.

BILLIONS of dollars on advanced technology that scared men in caves can hack into with minimal effort...

THIS is whyipaytaxes.

read more: Iraq insurgents 'hack into video feeds from US drones' (bbc)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Streaming now- to a computer near yoU! DROIDVIEW!!! Hehe. Sounds like Iraqi capitalism to me! I bet there's big money in selling droidview to all your neighbors. Clever...

Big brother... NO Big IRAQI is watching!

It really is a Brave New World!!

ps. ever wonder if posts like this send up a red flag in federal monitoring algorithms...how many key words would need to be strung together to trigger an algorithm response?