How to Hack Other People's Drones for Less Than $400

[Jill Scharr]

Intrigued by Amazon's plans for drone delivery, hacker shows how to create a drone that will hijack other airborne drones — for less than $400.

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[ram1009]

All of the RC "drones" I'm aware of use a completely different technology. In fact modern RC receivers are "bound" to a single transmitter and will ignore all other signals even on the same frequency.

 

[clonazepam]

My neighbor was hovering his drone over another neighbor's backyard. I would have certainly felt compelled to protect my neighbor's privacy, and hijack that drone. I'll keep an eye out for that lil fart.

 

[Mike Friesen]

Haha "So, my drone is flying around, finds drones, takes them over and then begins controlling them under my command,"
that is the coolest thing i've heard all day.

 

[ubercake]

You down with OPD!?

 

[rwinches]

Wow, modern day pigeon wars, you send out your drone(s) to see how many drones your can 'capture' and bring back to home base, of course to be returned to the owner after the 'battle'.

OTOH possibilities abound during summer...