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Old 12th Apr 2013, 13:39
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Please tell me no!
You're in luck. No.

I would imagine there are security concerns with regards to the ease that information on flights is available. But that is just information.

Actually hacking an aircraft systems, I don't really know what this guy is getting at. ACARS is a character based protocol, it just sends and receives text documents, not commands, just messages. Suggesting otherwise is like saying you can automatically make my phone dial a number by sending me an SMS. Not physically possible.

Fake ADSB targets is possibly a concern, as I think it is just data. I'm not sure, but I don't believe TCAS can be fooled as the range and bearing is internally computed by the interrogating aircraft, therefore only the altitude can be spoofed and the spoofer would need to be overflown by the aircraft to fool the aircraft into an RA.
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