[LINK] Jamming GPS seems to be pretty easy

[Kim Holburn]

On 2014/Jan/09, at 3:28 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:

> At 15:18 +1100 9/1/14, Kim Holburn wrote:
>> Seems like these guys are just jamming their own cabs.  That'd be 
>> fraud I guess but it would also be possible, I would think, to jam 
>> your own cab devices without radiating too much outside the cab.
>> 
>> It's a bit sad that we are getting so dependent on GPS that jamming 
>> it is a major crime.  I mean I suppose I can see the problems when 
>> aircraft are involved.  Even so don't people actually pilot aircraft 
>> themselves any more?  Don't they have backup sensors, eyes etc?
> 
> Apart from 'the principle of the thing', I assume ACMA is concerned 
> about the range over which such jamming operates.
> 
> Relevantly to things I've been writing about lately, nearby drones 
> could be comprehensively stuffed-up.

You say that like it's a bad thing ;-)

> If anyone has solid info on such matters, I'd be delighted to (yet 
> again) leverage off my link colleagues!  (Maybe off-list, since it's 
> close to OT).
> 
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> 
>> On 2014/Jan/09, at 2:49 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:
>> 
>>> Melbourne cabbie fined over GPS jammer
>>> Ry Crozier
>>> itNews
>>> Jan 9, 2014 1:21 PM (1 hour ago)
>>> 
>>> http://www.itnews.com.au/News/369108,melbourne-cabbie-fined-over-gps-jammer.aspx
>>> 
>>> Radio comms could be blocked in fight for passengers.
>>> 

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