This method of location obfuscation is so devious and yet so obvious. Wow. I didn't realize AIS was so short range. Seems like technologically we should be able to have a global GPS-like...
This method of location obfuscation is so devious and yet so obvious. Wow.
I didn't realize AIS was so short range. Seems like technologically we should be able to have a global GPS-like transponder version of AIS for relatively little money (and who doesn't want more space debris satellites!?). Although I suppose that could be spoofed, too, which is why the satellite observation method mentioned by the article is so effective (and used for other things, like identifying wildfires). I hope that some enterprising individual is going to help these NGOs create the software necessary to better track individual ship movements based off this satellite data, because that'd be pretty game changing for a lot of these groups that are technologically willing, but not experienced enough to create the sorts of tech that we sometimes assume they should have access to.
This method of location obfuscation is so devious and yet so obvious. Wow.
I didn't realize AIS was so short range. Seems like technologically we should be able to have a global GPS-like transponder version of AIS for relatively little money (and who doesn't want more
space debrissatellites!?). Although I suppose that could be spoofed, too, which is why the satellite observation method mentioned by the article is so effective (and used for other things, like identifying wildfires). I hope that some enterprising individual is going to help these NGOs create the software necessary to better track individual ship movements based off this satellite data, because that'd be pretty game changing for a lot of these groups that are technologically willing, but not experienced enough to create the sorts of tech that we sometimes assume they should have access to.Also, worth mentioning the related discussion on illegal fishing from January.