Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoIt may provoke Trump, but Canada should cancel the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S.www.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: quebec@lemmit.online
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square127fedilinkcross-posted to: quebec@lemmit.online
minus-squareZer0_F0x@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoThe US can remotely disable them whenever they damn well please anyway, and can not be trusted not to. Everyone should be canceling their orders immediately, and disable the remote access capabilities to the ones they have.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoHas it actually been confirmed they can do this? I would assume they backdoor them, but usually backdoors are secret.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 days 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-up0·3 days 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.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoThey don’t function without phoning home to a US-controlled server every 24 hours.
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoWe keep telling them Always online is stupid, but do they listen?
minus-squareramble81@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoGive is to Empress, she’ll knock out a crack in no time.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoWell shit that’s an easy fix. Redirect it to your server.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoI’m willing to bet a country, especially ones involved in the production, aren’t going to have too much trouble.
minus-squareShadow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days 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-up0·4 days agoLet me guess… microsoft designed it.
minus-squareBrumefey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days ago« You need to take off RIGHT NOW! » « I can’t . Upgrade in progress ! »
minus-squareNo1@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoPost on TechHelp: "I keep hearing the missile connecting and disconnecting. Has anyone got the latest driver for a Sidewinder AIM-9L?"
minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoNobody should have ever purchased military equipment with that feature.
The US can remotely disable them whenever they damn well please anyway, and can not be trusted not to.
Everyone should be canceling their orders immediately, and disable the remote access capabilities to the ones they have.
Has it actually been confirmed they can do this? I would assume they backdoor them, but usually backdoors are secret.
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.
They don’t function without phoning home to a US-controlled server every 24 hours.
We keep telling them Always online is stupid, but do they listen?
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.
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.
« You need to take off RIGHT NOW! » « I can’t . Upgrade in progress ! »
Post on TechHelp:
"I keep hearing the missile connecting and disconnecting.
Has anyone got the latest driver for a Sidewinder AIM-9L?"
“It’s military-grade”
Nobody should have ever purchased military equipment with that feature.