Forwarded message: > From: Monty Solomon <[email protected]> > To: > Subject: Over 100 warship locations have been faked in one year > Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 14:35:18 -0400 > > The research team found the fakes by comparing uses of the automatic > identification system (AIS, a GPS-based system to help prevent collisions) > with verifiable position data by using an identifying pattern. All of the > false info came from shore-based AIS receivers while satellites showed the > real positions, for instance. Global Fishing Watch had been investigating > fake AIS positions for years, but this was the first time it had seen > falsified data for real ships. > > https://www.engadget.com/warship-fake-locations-221800228.html -- Iw mailing list [email protected] http://sticklist.org/mailman/listinfo/iw_sticklist.org
