services to transmit information to their end customers, so it is possible for data to be intercepted ‘in the air’ or on terrestrial networks (which is much more likely, and probably easier than tracking thousands of flying aircraft moving at high speeds). There will be entrepreneurs stepping forward to solve
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such problems whenever a problem presents itself. Some of these will be to give passengers a better assurance to keep their conversations more private by providing tougher encryption (which takes the NSA a bit longer to crack a message, thus rendering the gathered information less useful with the passage of time). You can imagine how a few technology startups will jump into the fray to provide internationally-traveling executives (who are in the midst of a terse negotiation and would not want the possibility of a competitor listening in) with a means to protect their privacy when flying over the Atlantic Ocean. Perhaps SecureCall (note to self: copyright this name) will develop an encryption key that is refreshed every 15 minutes and provides its customers with some degree of security. There is recent product announced from a company that provides a ‘USB condom’ so that when you plug in a smartphone or tablet into a recharging port on an airplane or an airport (or any other place into which you should not stick an unprotected charger), it is secured. The USB condom will shield against “juice jacking,” where a seemingly harmless charging station is used to steal data or harm a device (or insert a virus onto a smartphone at an airport, and hope that the infected device is connected while in flight, thus providing easier access to critical aircraft systems). Such unscrupulous devices do exist outside of James Bond movies and they serve as very real means of stealing information directly from a target. Stay tuned for more such products that might provide small amounts of cyber protection.
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The greatest potential concern for the entire international community might be that countries or regions might feel the need to create differing (non-cooperative) air traffic and other mechanisms in order to address perceived U.S. government surveillance. Such a development would not only increase costs for airlines, operators, OEMs and repair stations (as well as business opportunities to some of these), but would create another layer of confusion onto the entire environment needlessly. Imagine if the EU forces anyone using SESAR to use a certain type of encryption scheme for all communications and the Middle Eastern countries create a competing scheme, etc. While the avionics vendors might welcome the opportunity to sell upgraded equipment, the business risk to support such diverging efforts might eventually drive the aviation-focused communications provider industry into the ground by increasing costs to the point where operators might balk at paying resulting prices.
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