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Submission + - Unhackable drone research to go open source (scmagazine.com.au) 3

Submitted by mask.of.sanity on Thursday November 15, 2012 @02:31AM

mask.of.sanity writes: Researchers are set to release open source US Defence research designed to prevent unmanned drone aircraft from being hacked.

The DARPA research will take four years, cost $18 million and promises to also help secure critical systems such as aircraft, vehicles and medical devices and make their code more stable.

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Open Source is not a cure all (Score:2)

by Taco Cowboy ( 5327 ) writes:

I am an OSS proponent but it needs reminding that OSS is not a cure-all.
For instance: Linux is open-sourced, but Linux is _still_ hackable.
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  by Cratig ( 1112203 ) writes:
  
  True, but I get the feeling that they have the thought that "...more eyes looking at it, the more chances of holes being found."
yeah right unhackable (Score:1)

by H3rm3$ ( 2773453 ) writes:

like how the ps3 was unhackable. this is a bad idea, just wait tell all of the millions of crackers out their get a hold of it

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