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		jjwiseman on April 11, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hijacking airplanes with an Android phone That's not true. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/newsletter/2008-05/Mitre-ADS-... You also don't need to be on the plane. A typical ADS-B transmitter can be picked up pretty easily from over 100 miles away--I can broadcast to every aircraft over Los Angeles from my backyard if I want. I don't know about ACARS, but I would imagine it's similar.

drakaal on April 11, 2013 [–]

You have to be the signal stronger than the tower. And you need enough channels to talk to all those planes.

jjwiseman on April 12, 2013 | [–]

Are you talking about ACARS? Because neither of those is true for ADS-B.

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