>> But the Pentagon assumed local adversaries wouldn't know how
>> to exploit it, the officials said."
>>
>> Unbelievable.
>
I dunno.

First, the article I read said that all the insurgents had done was  
access the broadcast video, which is a pretty long way from "hacking"  
in my dictionary.

Second, it implied that the software/equipment to do this was  
something you could buy "off the shelf" these days, which was assumed  
to be what had been done.

Buying a police scanner doesn't translate to knowing how to exploit  
and hack the police radio system...

(not that it isn't useful if you're the one the drone is chasing.)

I made up an original joke on the subject:

"Insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan have intercepted live video feeds  
from Predator drones. They were caught uploading video segments  
containing themselves to youtube, facebook, and other internet sites,  
and have been referred to their HR departments for possible  
disciplinary action."

(my wife thought it was stupid :-())

BillW

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