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by jacquesm 3853 days ago
Ok, well let's rephrase that: it would be trivial for me and I hate to underestimate the opposition, they're not all dumb. And the proliferation of IEDs in Iraq suggests that those skills are readily transferable.
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So the not-dumb ones probably also know of the existence of things like this: http://www.amazon.com/Linear-Garage-Opener-Receiver-Remote/d...

If you need more than around 200feet of range, a coathanger as an antenna at each end could probably triple that range, a couple of coathangers fashioned into a pair of 310MHz yagis could likely get you several miles range.

All for less than a Raspberry Pi camera.

Even if you, as a "smart guy" were also a bad guy, would you _really_ consider doing things "the hard way"?

The "bad guys" already know reliable ways of long-distance remotely triggering IEDs: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=IED+trigger&num=100&tbm=i...

They're using those cell phone we all threw out 10 years ago. (I think I see a dozen or more of my old Nokia 8210 there...)

> And the proliferation of IEDs in Iraq suggests that those skills are readily transferable.

Nope, there were a small number of bomb makers who provided the bombs to a distribution network - this network then assigned the bombs to emplacement teams. There was also state level assistance coming from Iran. A few bomb makers and a lot of emplacement teams blew themselves up - so it isn't as easy as Hollywood has portrayed.

ADB-B receiver + cheap drones with simple homing software = total shutdown of US air traffic. I think $20,000 is probably an overestimation of what it would take. There's a lot of asymmetric situations starting to "mature" and defense side is way behind since they're using them to exploit the populace. It's not just a "cyber" problem.