Re: [tlug] Applied Linux Prime Time...

[Jens Oliver John <lists@example.com>]

Concerns about political and social implications aside, if these things
were to become a common sight in the cities, hackerspaces all over the
world would run pretty hot exploring various ways to hijack the drones,
which are --- so much I have to give --- actually cool products of
engineering.  And if these drones ran Linux, we could get a couple of
patches to harden the kernel out of it ...

IMHO hijacking a few in order to audit them is plain necessary, because
who knows what data these robots are going to collect when in service?

Regards,
Jens.

On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 10:57:07AM -0200, fgs@example.com wrote:
> Posted about drones the other day and this becoming a prime time 
> applied Linux like automated cars... There you have it:
> 
> " Amazon CEO Bezos unveils plan to use #drones for more timely, 
> cost-efficient and environmentally-friendly delivery. "
> 
> http://variety.com/2013/biz/news/amazon-uses-60-minutes-to-unveil-automated-delivery-drones-1200907633/
> 
> Nothing new here but as you can see, people are starting to flex their 
> muscles in that direction... "FedEx" CEO once said that he's poised to 
> transform his business and lay off the largest airplane fleet in the 
> world.
> 
> ... Poor pilots...
> 
> Regards,
> 
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