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[ NNSquad ] Trading fraud via GPS spoofing
Trading fraud via GPS spoofing
http://j.mp/xFidE1 (Wired UK)
"GPS "spoofers" -- devices that create false GPS signals to fool
receivers into thinking that they are at a different location or
different time -- could be used to defraud financial institutions,
according to Todd Humphreys from the University of Texas."
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In theory at least, I believe that many cellular sites could also be
disrupted, since modern cell nets depend on GPS timing. A lot of eggs
in the GPS basket, even with newer systems gradually coming online.
It's hard not to think a bit about Larry Niven's old "Ringworld"
stories, where a massive interstellar civilization essentially
collapsed after a room temperature superconductor on which they
depended was biologically sabotaged.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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