They rolled snake eyes twice in a row.

Please tell, where can one find one of these things which accurately simulates in flight entertainment systems, flight control systems and the interconnection between them? I mean, apart from being an airline or aircraft manufacturer employee.

Why don't you simply read the search warrant? The aircraft he was on for the Denver-Chicago leg flew one more leg, to Philadelphia, where it was searched.

You apparently don't understand how this works. They built a case for "probable cause" to get a search warrant, and the damaged/tampered box was only one part of that. He had previously claimed to have tampered and accessed the plane's network on flights, had made a tweet which implied that he was connected during this flight, and had the necessary equipment in his possession. They believe that the results of the search may be able to prove that he did in fact access the SEB. The burden is much less to obtain a warrant than to convict.

"it wasn't Windows, that sparked the Clone market, it was Good old DOS."

No, it was the availability of a clean room reverse-engineered BIOS (and that there were no limiting hardware patents on the IBM PC). First in-house by PC companies such as Columbia Data Products and Compaq, but later made available to all comers by companies like Award.

Clones did not depend on MS-DOS, since PC-DOS was readily available for use, along with CPM/86 and others. MS-DOS became popular because it was much cheaper for clone manufacturers to license it from Microsoft than to purchase PC-DOS from IBM at retail, but it was not required to make a clone.

First, you argue a point which depends on the FBI following their policy. When you're informed that the policy is exactly the opposite, you change to arguing that the FBI isn't following their policy.

Come back when you have some hard facts.

Makes no difference. The policy to record interviews was in effect when he was interviewed. You claimed they had a policy against recording interviews, when the fact is that their policy was exactly the opposite. Now you're trying to argue a red herring.

He was in seat 3A, which is in 1st Class on a 737. He had previously claimed to have done it 15 to 20 times. And, of course, he's only under reasonable suspicion of tampering with it on that specific flight, which is why they sought a search warrant.

You say that, but it's simply not true.

"PEBKAC"

AKA "there's a nut loose behind the keyboard."

Aha! But the only legitimate argument for such racial discrimination is based on diversity, not reparation.

Why such racial diversity contributes to academia is left as an exercise for the reader. It seems to me to be a claim that different races think differently. Perhaps Harvard considers itself a social, and not an academic, institution.

Yep. Sounds like his lawyer has told him that lying to law enforcement is obstruction of justice, so he's being careful about up what he's claiming.

If he did the work on a "simulated system," he'd be able to describe it fully - where is this full In Flight Entertainment / Flight Control system, who has it, and where/how did he access it? My thought is only an aircraft manufacturer or perhaps an airline would have such, and it's pretty clear he doesn't have that kind of relationship with either.

if he ACTUALLY did any such thing the FAA would have issued a notice requiring aircraft WiFi

You obviously didn't read the search warrant.

First, it states that in previous interviews (in Feb, and I'll bet the FBI has audio records to support that), he had described connecting to the network using Ethernet connected to a "Seat Electronic Box" ("SEB") which is mounted under the seats. So, WiFi has nothing to do with it. In the same interview, he said he understood the legal ramifications and would not access airplane networks.

The warrant goes on to state that the FBI inspected the SEBs around the seat he occupied on his 4/15 Denver to Chicago leg, and found signs of damage and tampering.

That, along with his history and the tweet regarding being on the flight and suggesting he could tamper with the flight systems seems to me to be reasonable grounds for a warrant.

And, I hope he's prosecuted. Also in the Feb. interview, he admitted actually tampering with flight control systems. It's one thing to find a vulnerability and try to get it addressed. It's quite another to actually make use of that vulnerability during a flight, placing the public at risk.

timothy can think? Now, that would be news for nerds!

" this almost requires them to play MITM with certs, inspect your traffic, etc."

Not necessarily. One fairly effective ad blocker on Android works entirely by using the hosts file to point ad sites to loopback. Requires root, though. But for an ISP to simply break DNS for ad sites would be pretty simple. No cert treachery or DPI required, and phones typically don't give the user any control over which DNS servers they use.

Time to cue up the "what if he turns out to be innocent?" cruft.