Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET
daq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months 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 2 months agoA high powered antenna that transmits a lot of “static” would be a dead giveaway.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago
True, you could send encrypted data via morse code. Nothing but a pure tone.