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Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance

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Re: Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance

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Post by randycupertino »

guerrilla wrote: post #14

For those wondering, https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jd-vance-edited-face-photosho...

My favorite one is "Emo JD Vance" with the heavy eyeliner and the scene haircut: https://www.amazon.com/Vance-Meme-Emo-Republican-Conservativ...

Yassified Vance, which a Republican congressman actually created and posted as a legit fan edit is also very funny: https://x.com/KatAbughazaleh/status/1841491297145634831

Re: Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance

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Post by randycupertino »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #35
deevus wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had a few chuckles reading that. Thanks.

I'm disappointed it doesn't seem to have a link to this Vance/Trump 'makeup' video. https://www.reddit.com/r/StrangeAndFunny/comments/1jm9kn4/jd...

A drag makeup artist has an entire series called "Queer Eye for the MAGA Guy" on republican makeup recreations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6hK_UEGBs4&list=PLNZQj4dOgd...

Re: Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance

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Post by paulirish »

This was not spoofed at the ADS-B layer. It was just spoofed to adsb exchange. (While typically a feeder contributes to multiple sites, this one didn't.) eg:

- https://globe.adsb.fi/?icao=adfdf9&lat=26.678&lon=-80.030&zo...

- https://adsb.lol/?icao=adfdf9&lat=26.678&lon=-80.030&zoom=14...

Relevant discussion on r/adsb: https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSB/comments/1qp3q9n/interesting/ where they note it's also absent on FR24, airplanes.live, and theairtraffic.com.

The adsb-x feeder map: https://map.adsbexchange.com/mlat-map/ They probably won't have a hard time identifying who contributed that data.

Re: Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance

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Post by nozzlegear »

jacquesm wrote: post #50
andrewflnr wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is not even a surprise. Trump has been a fan of Putin for years.

It may not be a surprise to you but it is a surprise to me because there are many other characters that he could be a fan of , he's literally giving Putin top billing here, right next to a picture of what seems to be him and his granddaughter. What's next? Pol Pot? Stalin? Kim?

I really recommend you read Bob Woodward's four most recent books, starting with Fear[¹] . They give us a fascinating look into Trump's mind, and we get frank discussions from Trump and the people around him about how he not only idolizes strong men like Putin and Kim, but wishes he could be more like them if it weren't for the limits on his power and weak people around him (i.e. more feared/respected by his subordinates, able to command them with an iron fist, etc.).

[¹] The title of the book comes from Trump remarking to Woodward that "Real power is – I don’t even want to use the word – fear."

Re: Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance

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Post by hermanzegerman »

jacquesm wrote: post #50
andrewflnr wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is not even a surprise. Trump has been a fan of Putin for years.

It may not be a surprise to you but it is a surprise to me because there are many other characters that he could be a fan of , he's literally giving Putin top billing here, right next to a picture of what seems to be him and his granddaughter. What's next? Pol Pot? Stalin? Kim?

Well he certainly likes Kim

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/us/politics/trump-north-s...

Re: Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance

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Post by jacquesm »

blell wrote: post #55
jacquesm wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It may not be a surprise to you but it is a surprise to me because there are many other characters that he could be a fan of , he's literally giving Putin top billing here, right next to a picture of what seems to be him and his granddaughter. What's next? Pol Pot? Stalin? Kim?

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Because?

Re: Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance

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Post by jacquesm »

nshireman wrote: post #56
jacquesm wrote: post #18

It's still there as of now: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfdf9&lat=26.678&lon=-...

Source:Other There it is. Someone running a fake feeder uploaded fake data. No spoofed signals were actually sent over the radio.

I always thought that coverage of those receivers was so dense by now that you'd have multiple reports of each aircraft but apparently that's not the case.

Re: Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance

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Post by [deleted] »

CGMthrowaway wrote: post #32
andrewstuart wrote: post #27

Please explain the tech.

No real 747 flew this. It was a prank using impossible flight data via ADS-B spoofing. Ground-based “software-defined radios” (SDRs) broadcast fake transponder signals to trick ADS-B Exchange. This works because both the ADS-B & AIS systems use unencrypted, unauthenticated data.

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Re: Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance

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Post by guerrilla »

randycupertino wrote: post #61
guerrilla wrote: post #14

For those wondering, https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jd-vance-edited-face-photosho...

My favorite one is "Emo JD Vance" with the heavy eyeliner and the scene haircut: https://www.amazon.com/Vance-Meme-Emo-Republican-Conservativ... Yassified Vance, which a Republican congressman actually created and posted as a legit fan edit is also very funny: https://x.com/KatAbughazaleh/status/1841491297145634831

> "Emo JD Vance"

Oh I thought that was the angry little man, what's his name... Ben Shapiro! (Google knew what I meant.)

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