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Ok, I'll bite, what is a 'fibre-optic' drone? (hexbear.net)
submitted 3 months ago by Andrzej3K@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Is it literally just a drone with a wired connection to the controller? How does that even work? Doesn't that make for a very limited range?

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[-] stink@lemmygrad.ml 41 points 3 months ago

It's so funny because when I was in university there were multiple courses dedicated to electromagnetic warfare, specifically around taking down drones or assuming control over them using man in the middle attacks.

All to be countered by this simple, yet intuitive solution

this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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