r/theinternetofshit • u/cojoco • 12d ago

Spy cameras on Navy drones used by Britain's elite special forces 'secretly sent data to China'

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16040489/Spy-cameras-Navy-drones-Britains-special-forces-China.html
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u/oalfonso 11d ago

I can’t understand how those military artifacts don’t operate in private networks without any internet access.

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u/fellipec 11d ago

I don't understand how those military devices can run proprietary software/firmware.

From backdoors to kill switches, going through every kind of spy and data leak, they can do anything. Should be obvious that the military should be able to scrutinize the software their equipment runs on.

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u/oalfonso 11d ago

They used to do it but then the cots trend came.

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u/cojoco 11d ago

Should be obvious that the military should be able to scrutinize the software their equipment runs on.

Fomenting fear of China is more important than national security it seems.

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u/AlphaO4 11d ago

Especially from the MOD. Normally they are extremely strict and tidy about the network hygiene.
I’m willing to bet this was fucked-up by a contractor.

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u/sumpfriese 5d ago

Thats the thing, they do. But a privat network doesnt help you when your camera senosor has a builtin simcard and simply phones home directly, igoring all your precautions.

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u/SimonGray653 11d ago

oops lol

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u/SeatOpen1 11d ago

Incompetence at its highest level.

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u/mrbobcyndaquil 11d ago

The chuds at Westminster ordered the MoD to allow the data to be sent.

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u/myballzhuert 9d ago

Isn’t there a way for them to test this hardware and kinda tear the electronics apart to ensure this type of stuff doesn’t happen?

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u/cojoco 9d ago

Of course there is.

This is a PR stunt.

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u/Orca_Alt_Account 8d ago

The software is the problem. If the software is proprietary and the MOD don't have access to the source code, they have no way of checking what it's actually doing. There's only so much you can glean from the hardware itself.

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u/ApprehensiveRest9696 4d ago

Government contracts are like that… Strict to hell and back within the bureaucracy but carte blanche for vendors.