Re: Backdoor Software Being Developed to Regain Control of Hijacked Aircra ft

[Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>]

Nick FitzGerald wrote:
> And would especially ruthless hijackers with, say, one of the new 
> "super-jumbo" A380 planes with 500+ hostages not simply start killing 
> hostages until the remote navigational override was turned off?  Whose 
> government would actually NOT succumb to such a threat?

Hopefully, none would.  The bar has been raised from "killing hostages 
on-board" to "crashing into building full of 5000 people".

Plus, it's an unnecessary measure.  It's 2001's threat model.  Should I 
ever end up on a plane with hijackers, I'd be at the front of the line 
to get myself killed trying to take them out.  Should the pilot find 
himself flying a plane full of 500 terrorists, I would hope he would 
have the guts to aim for water.

                                                BB
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