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Article #1220Re: "Spybuster" by FuzzBuster
From: Jack Hudler
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1989 06:54
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1989 06:54
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In article <241@cmpfen.UUCP> bob@cmpfen.UUCP (Bob Breum) writes:
>
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Hugo was trying to describe
>Fuzzbuster's Spybuster. The description from the Spybuster datasheet
>is a bit vague, but it looks to me like they are analyzing aircraft
>transponder transmissions in order to warn of nearby aircraft of any
>type. Let me quote from their brochure:
>
>"The SPYBUSTER(TM) is truly a star wars device. Over three years in
>design and development by the man who invented the Fuzzbuster(R), it
>will do what has been considered impossible...IT WILL DETECT
>SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT! Now you can defend yourself against this ever
>expanding menace."
>
>"The Federal Aviation Administration's new radar system now keeps
>track of virtually all aircraft in U.S. airspace. The SPYBUSTER(TM)
>utilizes Big Brother's own signals to automatically alert you to the
>presence of surveillance aircraft. This unique and highly
>sophisticated operating principle makes the SPYBUSTER(TM) effective
>and LEGAL throughout the country."
>
Being a pilot, and IF I were a sky patrol, all I would have to do to bust
this buster is reach over and switch the xponder to standby.
I have been in states that have sky patrol, and when ever I have
seen them it's been in a remote area so I doubt if they even bother
to tell ATC who they were, and I doubt if ATC would even care if they did,
unless they where setting a speed trap in a controlled area.
I wonder how often it's going to start beeping at some
student pilot out on a cross-country.
--
Jack Computer Support Corportion Dallas,Texas
Hudler UUCP: {texsun,texbell,attctc}!csccat!jack
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!texsun!csccat!jack From: jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: "Spybuster" by FuzzBuster Message-ID: <3258@csccat.UUCP> Date: 17 Aug 89 06:54:53 GMT References: <661.24E1D0E5@bigtime.fidonet.org> <3331@kitty.UUCP> <241@cmpfen.UUCP> Reply-To: jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler) Organization: Computer Support Corporation. Dallas,Texas Lines: 34