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Spying in plane sight

From the "What-do-you-expect-from-lowest-bidder" Department: The US military use Predator drones to spy on people. What they did not expect is that someone would spy on their drones. In December 2009, it was reported that Iraqi militants were using software costing less than 30 Euros to monitor video feeds from passing drones. Rather amazingly the Predator spy drone transmits video footage without encryption, which allows anyone with a satellite dish and Skygrabber software to download Predator video streams.

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Slashdot | UK Court Rejects Encryption Key Disclosure Defense

"Defendants can't deny police an encryption key because of fears the data it unlocks will incriminate them, a British appeals court has ruled."

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