http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/
Hmm...I wonder if I can slingbox the feed to my iPhone. LOL
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What's even more hilarious is for $10 more bucks you can get the browser plug-in to target and fire it's weapons. Unfortunately you have to sign up for a WindowsLIVE ID account, which thankfully; no insurgent is willing to do. Hey, they may be insurgents, but they aren't stupid.]]>Dec 17th 2009 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/
Who wants to bet that they didn't pay for that software either?]]>Dec 17th 2009 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/
So terrorists knowing if particular safe houses etc. are being watched is not gonna be of use to them? And about it being useless without coordinates .. that's bogus .. I'm sure many of them could recognize stuff if they see a landmark or distinguishing feature of buildings in the vicinity.
And it does put troops in jeopardy because it could help the insurgents avoid being caught. And in a battle situation it may even show troop locations or at least provide situational awareness.
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Apparently they changed their mind. At least we now have an idea why they never caught Bin Laden.]]>Dec 17th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/
oh my god! WHERE!!]]>Dec 17th 2009 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/
It's not funny at all. This puts our soldiers lives at risk.]]>Dec 17th 2009 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/
I don't find this hilarious at all.]]>Dec 17th 2009 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/
I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.

Someone will make one for the iPhone I'm sure. Then Apple will get pulled from the app store as soon as they find it. Not because it's a breach of national security and could put lives at risk or anything. They'll reject it cause it mentions the 'Droid' phone, it competes with iTunes, or has 'iPhone' in the title. ]]>Dec 17th 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/
Ever since I first learned of the USAF considering pilotless aircraft more than a decade ago, I immediately had concerns of something like this happening or an enemy hacking our signal and taking control of the UAV to use against our own forces.

It's is why I believe there will always be a need for manned fighters and bombers.

]]>Dec 18th 2009 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/
Agreed, but I blame the Military for this. Once again they underestimate the enemy... it's things such as this that go ignored in the long run that cause terrorist attacks.]]>Dec 18th 2009 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 18th 2009 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edw-2006-MQ1-061028-02-8.jpg]]>Dec 18th 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 18th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/
I am sure that the Military can detect such breaches which would help them pin point the enemies position using triangulation.

So what the article is basically saying to me is that, if you spend $26,000 on a hack program, you get a /facepalm from our government. ]]>Dec 17th 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/this could be intentitional, offering a false sence of seckurity.

everything you read in the news papaer in this area is never as it sems, trust me.]]>Dec 17th 2009 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/
Are the predator pilots local to their use? I don't think so.

Do we care if some bad guy in, say, Nevada is watching some random Predator video feed? What's he gonna do, shout (over a cell phone!?) "Look out behind ya!"?
]]>Dec 17th 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/The uplink from the predator is the unencrypted part. The communications between the satellites from that part aren't part of the 'Predator Infrastructure' solely. You would have to be LOS with the drone to intercept the video stream.]]>Dec 17th 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/
You do realize that Iraqi insurgents read Engadget too .]]>Dec 17th 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/]]>Dec 17th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Holy fuckity fuck, we're all dead!]]>Dec 18th 2009 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/I'm more mad at the engineers. I'm not sure that its nearly as much the fault of the US gov't as it is the fault of the company (Boeing?) who deployed the system. It is a common research strategy to remove links that may cause failure, but any deployed system should be secure, both in terms of information and control.

I do robotics research at a major University. I developed a unsecure robot behind a firewall a few months ago. There was a lightweight TCP server (with root access... oops!) for handling sockets for remote control, that I forgot to protect. It took 30 minutes to have the server owned when I dropped the firewall.

]]>Dec 17th 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/This is why engineers should leave the software to computer scientists. It's for the same reason computer scientists leave the engineering to the engineers; it's not that one can't do the others job (they very likely could), it's that they've been trained to remember to do certain things that non-CS people may overlook or never even think of. Note I said computer scientists, not programmers. That's another problem nowadays, but I digress.]]>Dec 17th 2009 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/You assume that they also have control of the satellite and what system it employs, hell perhaps the maker of the drone has no access to the damn software at all, boeing is a commercial company and not secure so they probably have to face some walls because of that.]]>Dec 17th 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/Dec 17th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-fe/
BTW, ;)]]>Dec 17th 2009 1:20PM