My point is neither law enforcement or Amazon is going to use a drone that uses wifi at all.

That was my main point. The articles mention law enforcement and amazon. They are not going to control the drones with wifi.

My distance was off. I was thinking of the 125 mile shot that used two 12ft dishes. (http://www.davemoorecomputers.com/Wifi-Shootout-Archives/Website-05/index.html) The article mentions the Amazon drones. They are intended operate in a 10 mile radius. You aren't going to do that with wifi.

The articles describe a wifi hack. Last I checked wifi has a range of 300 feet. There are some ways in which this can be extended to several miles but that involves large (i.e. 10ft) antennas. If you honestly think that law enforcement and amazon are using wifi to control their drones then I think you need to look a bit closer.

It also glosses over what accessing the internet means. If I use a google maps with voice directions, I've accessed the internet.

except that in some cases, such new evidence is not allowed. The courts have a set of procedures, and if the evidence comes to light after such procedures are followed, you are stuck. There was a recent protest walk about access courts when further evidence is found.

I know this is only anecdotal evidence, but my 2.5 year old iPhone 4 has no problems charging, but my sisters 1.5 year old phone, which uses a micro USB does not charge unless the connector is in just right. It was fine when it is new, but now she has to fiddle with the connector and then prop it in the right orientation on the table to get it to keep charging. And we have replaced the cable several times. The socket on the phone has enough play in it, that it has to sit just right. Another friend has the same problem. A micro USB connector is a horrible connector for something that is going to be plugged in at least once a day.

I think you need to watch the video again. He registers his pointer finger and uses plastic strip on his middle finger.

Suggestions? Or is this like the episode of ST:NG where Q has lost his powers and tells Jordi to just change the Gravitational Constant?

Are you thinking about the MOOCs in which on average less than 10% of students complete? How about equipment in Engineering programs? Perhaps we should still be teaching embedded systems with a 16bit microprocessor a 10MHz oscilloscope and a 1 GHz Windows XP box? I can tell you that would save a lot of money. Kind of sucks for the students though.

Ministers are MP, but not all MP are Ministers.

Drones require a robust communication channel between the control station and the drone. You don't have to break encryption, you just have to jam the communication. The US has been spoiled lately by fights in which the enemy does not have effective mobile EW forces.

Actually, it does happen here in Canada. It depends on the industry. It typically does not happen in Computer/Engineering internships, but in other areas such as publishing, social work, unpaid internships are common. My sister is in such an internship (social worker), although it is clear that she is being trained and not replacing an existing worker for grunt work. She is rotated through the organization, acting as an assistant to multiple paid employees, staying with each one only until she has learned the issues involved with that position.

Part of the problem is the fact that the US classifies anything that even looks like it might be sensitive. While there are some arguments that this might be prudent, the problem is that everyone involved with those projects has to have a clearance. I rember a report from the Bradly Manning media circus that there were multiple millions of people in the US with a security clearance. And that is part of what is being discussed in the BBC article you linked to. You can try and compartmentalize, but once compartments are not nearly as secure as the airgapped ouside fence. Ironically, a more secure approach is to classify fewer projects, and as a result have signficantly fewer people with access to the real secrets.