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December 18, 2009
Why Windows Outsells Macintosh Among Iraqi Insurgents
Iraqi insurgents have reportedly intercepted live video feeds from the U.S. military's Predator drones using a $25.95 Windows application which allows them to track the pilotless aircraft undetected.
...When a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, is far from its base, terrain prohibits it from transmitting directly to its operator. Instead, it switches to a satellite link. That means an enterprising hacker can use his own satellite dish, a satellite modem, and a copy of the SkyGrabber Windows utility sold by the Russian company SkySoftware to intercept and display the UAV's transmissions.
I guess we'll just have to wait until Steve Jobs comes out with the iDrone.
by Daled Amos
Posted by daledamos at December 18, 2009 9:41 AM
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