According to this article in the Wall Street Journal the insurgents in Afghanistan Iran and Iraq are watching live video feeds from the US predator drones.
The $26.95 software that allows this was not designed by some nefarious hacker with a cryptic “l33t” name but rather by a legitimate programmer who wanted something that would allow people to watch commercial video feeds from other countries.
Today, the Air Force is buying hundreds of Reaper drones, a newer model, whose video feeds could be intercepted in much the same way as with the Predators, according to people familiar with the matter. A Reaper costs between $10 million and $12 million each and is faster and better armed than the Predator. General Atomics expects the Air Force to buy as many as 375 Reapers.
Nothing changes.
A conversation somewhere on the Afghan border:
“Assalmu Alaikum, Ahkmed.” “Watcha Watching?”
“Wa Aliakum a Salaam, Mustafa.” “I’m watching drone tv.”
“Don’t watch feed two.” “That stupid infidel is all over the sky.” “It’ll make you dizzy.”
“Hey Aarash! Come Quickly! Your house is on TV and the Americans are targeting it”
“Inshallah.” “May my mother-in-law be home.”
“He’s launching”
“Allah Akbar!”
“Shit! He missed”
“How do you use the latest and greatest technology and miss an entire house?”
“I tell you Mustafa, I can’t get a break.”
