[Newsbot]

Title: Hacking into a plane's controls no easy feat
Category: Tech
Posted By: Regina
Date: 2015-04-21 08:44:14
Canadian

[DrCaleb]

"It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

[BartSimpson]

Underestimating the inclination of the average worker to compromise the best security features in the name of convenience is often a fatal flaw.

Do recall that despite the best efforts of the day someone smuggled box cutters onto five airplanes (yes, FIVE) on 9/11 for the hijackers to use after they had cleared security.

It would not surprise me in the least if some idiot installed some sort of Bluetooth feature to a 747 or such so they could do something easier than if they had to plug into the aircraft.

[DrCaleb]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Underestimating the inclination of the average worker to compromise the best security features in the name of convenience is often a fatal flaw.

Sabotage is a far cry from an intentional security hole. As the article says, the internet service and aircraft control systems aren't connected together. There is no way to 'hack' them as the title would imply. As someone on another site said; 'it would be more realistic to be in the cabin and inhale so deeply as to starve the engines for air'.

So far, the most successful 'hack' has been to become a pilot and crash the plane from the cockpit. But that won't happen twice, just like using boxcutters to hijack the plane will never happen twice.

[BartSimpson]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Underestimating the inclination of the average worker to compromise the best security features in the name of convenience is often a fatal flaw.

Sabotage is a far cry from an intentional security hole. As the article says, the internet service and aircraft control systems aren't connected together. There is no way to 'hack' them as the title would imply. As someone on another site said; 'it would be more realistic to be in the cabin and inhale so deeply as to starve the engines for air'.

So far, the most successful 'hack' has been to become a pilot and crash the plane from the cockpit. But that won't happen twice, just like using boxcutters to hijack the plane will never happen twice.

History never repeats itself but it often rhymes.

[DrCaleb]

Mark Twain.

One of his best quotes.

[BartSimpson]

[Jabberwalker]

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