Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET
daq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month agoA high powered antenna that transmits a lot of “static” would be a dead giveaway.
Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET
daq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month agoA high powered antenna that transmits a lot of “static” would be a dead giveaway.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
It’s not really static. It’s digital, the transmission scheme has structure. It’s only the transmitted data that is encrypted, but you’d have to first unpack the transmission to get to the data.
daq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I understand. I was replying to how gov agencies would find out. Any digital transmission is basically “static” to an analog receiver.
YerbaYerba@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
True, you could send encrypted data via morse code. Nothing but a pure tone.