[KwartzLab] GPS Jamming

[Jeff Schmidt]

Cell phone jammers are illegal, I really wonder why GPS jammers aren't!

- Jeff

On Feb 16, 2013, at 8:43 AM, Karl Williams <karlw at thinkbotics.com> wrote:

> I think that jammers should be illegal since they are jamming all GPS receivers in a 500 meter radius. If someone is driving a vehicle that is being legally tracked then they shouldn't be jamming. People could die if emergency vehicles can't find their destinations.
> 
> I think GPS spoofing is more interesting and is believed to have been used by the Iranians to capture a Lockheed RQ-170 drone aircraft in northeastern Iran. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoofing_attack)
> 
> Karl.
> 
> On 16/02/2013 6:58 AM, Bob DeGregory wrote:
>> Well folks,
>> 
>> As I sit here in Buffalo emerging from a travel induced distortion in my interface to the time-space continuum I am greeted by this little gem:
>> 
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/feb/13/gps-jammers-uk-roads-risks
>> 
>> Does anyone care to riff on the topic?
>> 
>> P.S.: I'm still up in the air over today's Grand Opening celebration, but cautiously optimistic.  
>> 
>> Cheers
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