Airliners could be vulnerable to in-flight hacking, experts warn

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/11537077/Airliners-could-be-vulnerable-to-in-flight-hacking-experts-warn.html

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The fact that this headline is even remotely imaginable means a fantastically stupid decision was made somewhere along the line.

There's no reason for critical flight control systems to share the same wiring as passenger internet services.

Why wouldn't the entire bus of the wi-fi connection be completely isolated from critical avionics on airliners?