Failing again. Failing better.
I’ve previously talked about drones operating in the U.S. here, here, here, here and here. Now Wired’s Danger Room has a great article on the 64 (!) drone bases on U.S. soil. The article argues that most of the bases are in remote areas, so they are not well suited for domestic surveillance, and drone…
Wired’s Danger Room blog recently posted an article about the U.S. Air Force’s “Micro Aviary” at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. There, the USAF has equipped a room with very sensitive motion-tracking sensors capable of tracking drones within a tenth of an inch. Researchers are using this capability to build and test micro drones…
Last week I discussed an article by Noah Shachtman of Wired’s Danger Room that examined a virus infecting U.S. drones. It looks like there might be other vulnerabilities facing the program as well. Cyberwarfare expert Jeffrey Carr first looks at unencrypted mission control data feeds. Not only are the video feeds unencrypted (as mentioned in…
Recently, Wired’s Danger Room blog (@dangerroom) has posted two stories that demonstrate each technological evolution in warfare is but one bit of a cat and mouse game between enemies. In this case, American technological innovations are often met with creative responses by insurgents. The first story discusses a recent video by Ansar al-Islam that shows…
Yesterday I posted about the concept of the surveillance state. Although this post will largely focus on a new technology for the War on Terror, the applications for the surveillance state should be clear. And creepy. As described here on Wired Magazine’s Danger Room blog, Progeny Systems Corporation recently won and Army contract to begin…