Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoIt may provoke Trump, but Canada should cancel the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S.www.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up1611arrow-down19
arrow-up1602arrow-down1external-linkIt may provoke Trump, but Canada should cancel the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S.www.theglobeandmail.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square139fedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up34·2 months agoHas it actually been confirmed they can do this? I would assume they backdoor them, but usually backdoors are secret.
minus-squareShadow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up39·2 months agoThey require software updates for every mission, that are distributed from the US. You can probably fly / use it without those, but you lose all the advanced command & control features
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months agoLet me guess… microsoft designed it.
minus-squareBrumefey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months ago« You need to take off RIGHT NOW! » « I can’t . Upgrade in progress ! »
minus-squareNo1@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months agoPost on TechHelp: "I keep hearing the missile connecting and disconnecting. Has anyone got the latest driver for a Sidewinder AIM-9L?"
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down3·2 months agoThey don’t function without phoning home to a US-controlled server every 24 hours.
minus-squareramble81@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 months agoGive is to Empress, she’ll knock out a crack in no time.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoWell shit that’s an easy fix. Redirect it to your server.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI’m willing to bet a country, especially ones involved in the production, aren’t going to have too much trouble.
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoWe keep telling them Always online is stupid, but do they listen?
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-22 months agoSome high ranking US intelligence dude said something along the lines of that yeah. I dont think anyone has hacked into one of them to check or reverse engineer the code tho.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIt’s several millions of lines of code, and it gets a lot harder to follow once compiled, so that would be a big project.
Has it actually been confirmed they can do this? I would assume they backdoor them, but usually backdoors are secret.
They require software updates for every mission, that are distributed from the US.
You can probably fly / use it without those, but you lose all the advanced command & control features
Let me guess… microsoft designed it.
“It’s military-grade”
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Post on TechHelp:
"I keep hearing the missile connecting and disconnecting.
Has anyone got the latest driver for a Sidewinder AIM-9L?"
They don’t function without phoning home to a US-controlled server every 24 hours.
Give is to Empress, she’ll knock out a crack in no time.
Razor 1911
Well shit that’s an easy fix. Redirect it to your server.
You have the private keys?
I’m willing to bet a country, especially ones involved in the production, aren’t going to have too much trouble.
We keep telling them Always online is stupid, but do they listen?
Some high ranking US intelligence dude said something along the lines of that yeah. I dont think anyone has hacked into one of them to check or reverse engineer the code tho.
It’s several millions of lines of code, and it gets a lot harder to follow once compiled, so that would be a big project.