Planes are having their GPS hacked. Could new clocks keep them safe?

Re:Planes are having their GPS hacked. Could new clocks keep... by thwra on Monday March 10, 2025 @09:47AM (#43320562)

The title is clickbait. It implies hacking the plane's hardware, which is not occurring.

GPS jamming is unfortunate, but relying on U.S. GPS is foolish anyway (as the article also points out).

Planes still have inertial navigation systems. It worked before GPS, why not now? GPS for tracking phone users should go away anyway. If you are in an unknown city, but a damn paper map. No tracking and you absorb the big picture much faster.

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Re:Planes are having their GPS hacked. Could new clocks keep... by rlpb on Monday March 10, 2025 @09:58AM (#43320691)

> GPS for tracking phone users should go away anyway. If you are in an unknown city, but a damn paper map. No tracking and you absorb the big picture much faster.

Regular GPS is receive-only. GPS receivers naturally cannot be tracked. Tracking happens much higher up the stack, such as with your map app downloading local map tiles for display. Technology-wise, it's trivial to have a smartphone based map that is tracking-free, and the privacy focused alternate phone OSes do this already.

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Re:Planes are having their GPS hacked. Could new clocks keep... by yimby2001 on Monday March 10, 2025 @09:57AM (#43320670)

GPS isn’t there to track you. It’s a tool for you to use to know where you are.

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