Unencrypted drone video advantageous to the U.S. military, despite risks

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Bob Frankston <Bob19-0501 () bobf frankston com>
> Date: December 21, 2009 9:30:58 AM EST
> To: "Prof. David J. J Farber" <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Unencrypted drone video advantageous to the U.S. military,  
> despite risks

> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/121809-drone-video-traffic-intentionally-unencrypted.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2009-12-21
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> The reason the U.S. military didn’t encrypt video streams from drone 
>  aircraft flying over war zones is that soldiers without security cl 
> earances needed access to the video, and if it were encrypted, anyon 
> e using it would require security clearance, a military security exp 
> ert says.
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