Last year, after a drone landed on the White House lawn, Humphreys testified before Congress and advised them against doing something similar. However, Humphreys says this is a risky tactic. Many commercial drones have no-fly-zones - like airports - pre-programmed in, so using the airport as a decoy would force the drone to reroute or land. Humphreys is one of several experts we spoke to who are convinced this is an effort by the Kremlin to deter drones from flying overhead.
Todd Humphreys, a professor at the Radionavigation Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin and a leading authority on GPS security, says this is a clear example of GPS "spoofing." Unlike jamming, which denies access to a signal, spoofing is when a louder signal is created to fool devices into thinking they are somewhere else.Ĭommercial drones - which have recording and surveillance capabilities - have become increasingly popular.
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