Posts by Scott 40

End all the 'up to' broadband speed bull. Release proper data – LGA

No, it isn't metered usage. Friar proposed charging based on the actual capability of the line, not the actual use. This should be relatively easy to measure.

His analogy wasn't the best, as gas and electricity are metered based on actual use. But his proposal was essential to measure the capacity of your particular line, and bill for that. This could be done periodically, from either end (or both for validity checking). And it would have an upper bound (the currently advertised "up to" rate and its fee).

FAA to test Brit drone-busting kit

Re: Using AUDS, the operator can effectively take control of a drone

I don't know how this system purports to work, but a UAV's flight path can be at least disrupted by spoofing GPS. The signals are very weak. It is fairly easy to impersonate the satellites and transmit signals with manipulated timing to trick the receiver into thinking it is somewhere else. You may not be able to direct it exactly where you want it, but could easily force it away from you and out of control range of its owner. Then just let it run out of power somewhere else.

Hilton, Marriott and co want permission to JAM guests' personal Wi-Fi

Flaw in the WiFi specs?

This points out a flaw in the WiFi spec. Why can a node that is not an authenticated member of your network force your nodes off? If they want to send deauth packets to NICs that are connected to their network that don't belong, that is their prerogative, and the protocol should allow that. But why should a NIC accept and act on a deauth packet from a foreign node? Is there a legitimate use for this?

And a truely rogue NIC that is there for nefarious purposes will likely have its driver modified to ignore deauth packets anyway.

Films-on-USB kiosks come to airports

I don't know where you buy your DVDs, but almost all the ones available in the US have DRM of some sort. It is not a trivial task to copy them to the hard drive.