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DEF CON 23 - Robinson and Mitchell - Knocking my neighbors kids cruddy drone offline

DEFCONConference · talk · Watch on YouTube

Security & hackingRobotics

What it is

A DEF CON 23 talk on researching whether a commercial quadcopter could be forced to land by interfering with its GPS signal, inspired by a neighbor's kid's drone. It covers the research and the legal and technical issues encountered.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN brings it up in drone threads as a favorite tech talk and as evidence of how weak consumer drone security is.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I'm a fan of "Knocking my neighbors kids cruddy drone offline”

    DEF CON talk on knocking a drone offline

    verandaguy, 2016-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk?”

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Topics: drones, gps jamming, def con, geofencing, radio security

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