dotJS 2017 - Thomas Watson - Getting Data From The Sky

Filmed at https://2017.dotjs.io on December 1st in Paris. More talks on https://dotconferences.com/talks Commercial airplanes continuously transmit data packages via radio while flying. The protocol is unencrypted and is what allows public flight tracking websites to operate. Thomas demonstrates how a cheap $10 USB DVB-T/FM radio dongle off Amazon can be hacked to receive these signals live and directly in JavaScript.