"LONDON (Reuters) - A British satellite enthusiast has discovered that anyone can tune in live to U.S. spy plane photo transmissions over the Balkans.
John Locker said the freely available pictures by both manned spy planes and drones can pinpoint a location to within six feet. "It's frightening -- I am amazed," he told Reuters on Thursday. "Even before September 11, this is not the sort of stuff that should be shown openly." Locker said he had spent the last seven months alerting NATO ( news - web sites) and U.S. military commanders about the free availability of the pictures but just met with the answer: "So What?" NATO said it was not concerned about any possible security breaches but American officials said plans were in hand to encrypt the data. " Or..you know what? They probably should create a whole NEW organisation for another 3 billion dollars and about 300,000 staff to make sure all their data is encrypted and systems are secure...*smirk* -Gel "So,basically you had four conversations to my one?" -Beth F ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
