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Re:Man Who Stole Plane Near Seattle Raises Troubling Securit... by Twisell on Sunday August 12, 2018 @04:20AM (#17743492)
I’m not sure having a remote control kill switch on an airplane is the kind of backdoor that improve security (if any backdoor can, which I’d doubt).
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Re:Man Who Stole Plane Near Seattle Raises Troubling Securit... by speedplane on Sunday August 12, 2018 @04:24AM (#17743502)
The current "kill switch" technology for rouge airplanes is an F-18 with a few Sidewinders.
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Re:Man Who Stole Plane Near Seattle Raises Troubling Securit... by iforgotpassword on Sunday August 12, 2018 @04:43AM (#17743547)
Sounds a lot safer to me and sufficient as well.
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