Your GPS And Hackers

According to an article at ITPro, exploits have been found which can lead you down the garden path or misdirect you via the unencrypted data transfer protocols your GPS system uses. To be honest with you, the idea of this is pretty scary because I can see people blindly following the instructions given to them, getting into accidents, trouble, robbed or even killed.

It's quite weird, but the trust some of us have placed in some of the information given to us is quite scary. I was on public transportation just the other day and I overheard a conversation between two college girls. One remarked to the other how she thought the other girl was very lucky because she had been to Cairo, and then went on to explain how Cairo was this holistic and spiritual centre. She then went on to state that she was being silly and of course her friend obviously knew this because they both watched "Charmed" ("What?!!!" my brain screamed). Oh brother. I was laughing so hard I almost wet myself. Is fictional TV what the youth of today are using as sources of 'facts' and knowledge? And is the popular media the source of information which they think is worth putting their faith in? If this is the case, no wonder we're in trouble.

Sometimes maybe the idea of a nanny state doesn't seem so bad.