EPISODE · Nov 7, 2018 · 6 MIN
New Satellites Will Use Radio Waves to Spy on Ships and Planes
from Science, Spoken · host WIRED
When a company called HawkEye360 wanted to test its wares, it gave an employee a strange, deceptive task. While the worker stood in Virginia, he held the kind of transceiver that ships carry to broadcast their GPS locations. Usually such a signal would reveal his true position to a radio receiver, but he’d altered the broadcast to spoof his GPS position, making it seem like he was in fact off the coast of Maine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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When a company called HawkEye360 wanted to test its wares, it gave an employee a strange, deceptive task. While the worker stood in Virginia, he held the kind of transceiver that ships carry to broadcast their GPS locations. Usually such a signal would reveal his true position to a radio receiver, but he’d altered the broadcast to spoof his GPS position, making it seem like he was in fact off the coast of Maine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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New Satellites Will Use Radio Waves to Spy on Ships and Planes
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