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Re:Startups that launched at Y Combinator S16 Demo Day 2 by ryandamm on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @12:46AM (#12349737)
Yeah, but GPS isn't a handshake, and most commodity drones rely on it. You can't take it over, but you can probably blind it.
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Re:Startups that launched at Y Combinator S16 Demo Day 2 by mhowland on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @03:12AM (#12350294)
It's been spoofable (and jamable) for some time...but serious PIA to do and a huge FCC no-no as it's tough to focus.

http://news.utexas.edu/2013/07/29/ut-austin-researchers-succ...

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Re:Startups that launched at Y Combinator S16 Demo Day 2 by run4yourlives2 on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @02:41PM (#12354266)
Do you really need GPS to tell the drone, "Remember your flight control inputs and reverse them on loss of signal?"

I'm sure it's not trivial, but drone defence based completely on signal interception seems straightforward to defeat.

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Re:Startups that launched at Y Combinator S16 Demo Day 2 by WalterSear on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @01:26AM (#12349868)
Iran claims to have captured drones by spoofing the GPS.
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