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[DesertDrifter]

i am not a conspiracy type guy, but i have a suspicion about the spate of recent plane crashes that occur on landings when the planes have been on IFR autopilot and which the human pilot cannot recover from quick enough.

I think that the autopilots could be being hacked, as they are connected to other systems that are updated via wifi. If some bad guys are in the testing phase, it will only be a matter of time before the next big crash events, terrorist style, will be carried out by going around TSA checkpoints by not using suicide attackers, but instead just having the best hackers. Some people claim that there is an Android app to take control of autopilot systems already.

here is a portion of the article that seems to reinforce the possibility:

Last weekend a Texas couple apparently discovered that the electronic "baby monitor" in their children's bedroom had been hacked. According to a local TV station, the couple said they heard an unfamiliar voice coming from the room, went to investigate and found that someone had taken control of the camera monitor remotely and was shouting profanity-laden abuse. The child's father unplugged the monitor.

What does this mean for the rest of us? How secure are consumer electronic systems, now that they're all attached to the Internet?

The answer is not very, and it's been this bad for many years. Security vulnerabilities have been found in all types of webcams, implanted medical devices, cars, and even smart toilets -- not to mention yachts, ATM machines, industrial control systems and military drones.

and more.http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/14/opinion/schneier-hacking-baby-monitor/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

and i found this after googling the topic:

How You Can Use an Android Phone to Hijack a Plane from the Ground

http://gawker.com/5994366/how-you-can-use-an-android-phone-to-hijack-or-crash-a-plane-from-the-ground