Hacking Is there any exploit to install APKs on plane screens?

[NotStupidAhaAha]

I know this is probably patched everywhere, you can't find anything online since people might use this to hack the system and crash the plane or something, but I really want to play something else like Minecraft but obviously, it's not on there. Any way to install games on plane infotainment?

 

[wolffangalchemist]

I know this is probably patched everywhere, you can't find anything online since people might use this to hack the system and crash the plane or something - I don't want to do anything malicious, but I really want to play something else like Minecraft but obviously, it's not on there. Any way to install games on plane infotainment?

This would probably get you banned from flying for life, just bring a tablet, laptop or something like a switch or steamdeck and play minecraft on that. Could you provably install something to it? Maybe who knows is it a good idea if you ever want to ride on a plane again probably not.

 

[hippy dave]

This would probably get you banned from flying for life, just bring a tablet, laptop or something like a switch or steamdeck and play minecraft on that. Could you provably install something to it? Maybe who knows is it a good idea if you ever want to ride on a plane again probably not.

Hard agree. Any attempt to hack any plane equipment for any reason is bound to get you arrested at the very least.

 

[SylverReZ]

Don't want another hijacking situation.

 

[linuxares]

Sure. if you're able to dig it out of the plane seat and connect something to it, maybe. But you probably will get on a no-fly list faster than you can dig the screen out.

 

[raging_chaos]

The bonus of trying to do this is you'll get to have a nice conversation with an Air Marshal.

 

[linuxares]

The bonus of trying to do this is you'll get to have a nice conversation with an Air Marshal.

If his flag is to believe, it's a UK citizen. I guess they will speak with Scotland Yard.

 

[Kwyjor]

I really want to play something else like Minecraft but obviously, it's not on there.

Holy f!ck, dude, would it be such searing agony to read a book or something for a couple of hours? Why would you even want to play Minecraft on a system like that? They're typically slow and unresponsive.

There are probably a whole bunch of different entertainment systems in use at the moment, each running different software and probably even different versions of the same software, such that even if there was an exploit, odds are it wouldn't work for whatever system you happen to end up with. (I'm pretty sure at least some of them are using custom builds of Linux that probably wouldn't even be compatible with apk packages.)

 

[NotStupidAhaAha]

Yeah... I didn't know it was that bad, is it even connected to the pilots? I doubted it was, in case someone ever did something like that, I thought that it was on its own single system.

 

[Gamemaster1379]

Yeesh... I didn't know it was that bad, is it even connected to the pilots? I doubted it was, in case someone ever did something like that, I thought that it was on its own single system.

Those systems are connected to a network on that plane. It's how they stream media and receive announcements. Whether that network is isolated or connected to interior systems, who knows. Likely it isn't, but tampering with it is likely to cause a lot of legal issues.