Comment by YetAnotherNick
2 months ago
GPS could be blocked easily, and AFAIK even given corrupted inputs. And HFT could possibly benefit from blocking or corrupting competitors GPS.
2 months ago
GPS could be blocked easily, and AFAIK even given corrupted inputs. And HFT could possibly benefit from blocking or corrupting competitors GPS.
Deploying a GPS jammer in civilized territory is a great way to go to prison.
Would it actually go so far?
Would the police actually try to investigate from where came the jammer? Might the competing firm possibly even finance an investigation themselves privately? And if so, would the police then accept the evidence?
People have done far more evil things for money.
The victim firm would definitely notice, they’d tell the FCC, and their investigators will show up with a device that literally points them to wherever the jammer is. If you do this for stupid, silly reasons you will get fined[1], if you do it in commission of another crime you will probably get made an example of. It doesn’t matter how evil you are, it’s hilariously easy to get caught doing this.
[1]: https://www.nj.com/news/2013/08/man_fined_32000_for_blocking...
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It's not like foreign adversaries care.
The parent was saying HFT firms would do this to other HFT firms. They would care about doing this kind of thing - it’s not a white collar crime. And foreign adversaries would care about doing this during peacetime, especially for very unclear benefit.