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If you think about it, planes nowadays were really talking about giant computers. as we all know, computers can be hacked. so hugo tesso, a security consultant, he was able to develop an app, an android app that on a flight simulator could affect the flying conditions including changing the plane s altitude, changing what is on a pilot s display screen, for example, but we should mention a caution with all of this. first of all, he did this on a flight simulator, not a real aircraft for obvious security and safety reasons. and the other thing to emphasize, he says the app alone is not enough. you have to have the proper hardware, flight hardware. we reached out to the faa. the agency says the planes that we fly every day, they are not in any kind of risk because this app that he s talking about doesn t work, it only will work on certified flight hardware, that s the ones that is used in the plane. the faa saying, quote, we have a statement here, the described technique cannot engage or ....

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