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Re:Deep dive into the UK air traffic control meltdown by jonny_eh on Monday September 11, 2023 @08:33PM (#37475553)
That seems like a huge flaw in their system, has it never been addressed?
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Re:Deep dive into the UK air traffic control meltdown by wlonkly on Monday September 11, 2023 @09:44PM (#37476093)
No, and by my understanding it can't be, as the algorithm is now permanent.

But it's worse than that, there are confusables within small distances of each other:

https://cybergibbons.com/security-2/why-what3words-is-not-su...

https://w3w.me.ss/

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Re:Deep dive into the UK air traffic control meltdown by pmarreck on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @01:02AM (#37477087)
Since the app gives you the words to say, and translates those back to coordinates on the receiving end, in theory they could alter the word list, at the cost of making any written-down version obsolete.

Maybe they should release a new service called What4ActuallyVettedWordsAndWordCombinations ;)

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Re:Deep dive into the UK air traffic control meltdown by iudqnolq on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @03:09AM (#37477710)
Aren't they trying to turn their word list into a subscription service? Obsoleting paper copies might be a feature.
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