We had this pointer on Sept 25:

Researchers at Cornell University successfully spoofed the signal of a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, sending it a false signal that it accepted as an authentic one. The research aimed to demonstrate that a navigation device can be fooled (...).

Finally, this story made it into geek mainstream -- at Heise online and their german magazine 'Technology Review'. Headline: 'Der GPS-Hack' -- read on.

You face significant risks from both your use of these services and the content they contain. This article analyzes the information you disclose when using mapping and imagery services, including how your use of these tools discloses locations of your home, employer, family and friends, travel plans, and strategic intentions, and discusses how data mining can easily link seemingly disparate groups of people based on their interest in common locations. It also covers the risks inherent in the content itself, including camera-equipped cars capturing continuous streams of high-quality street-level photographs, collaborative analysis of satellite imagery, and your inability to trust the veracity of the images themselves.

via Adena Schutzberg @ 'All Points Blog'

The spyglasses at Spatial Sustain got it and others followed:

Researchers at Cornell University successfully spoofed the signal of a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, sending it a false signal that it accepted as an authentic one. The research aimed to demonstrate that a navigation device can be fooled (...).

This story will make it into mainstream, I guess.