Comment on NASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.

Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Lightborne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would doubt they would have encrypted anything on the probe back in 1977 when it launched.

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  • NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The ultimate security by obscurity. Do you have a 30m antenna? Can you point it exactly at the space ship with almost no error? Do you know what it’s code and protocols are? OK, please reprogram Voyager

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    • Crumbgrabber@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Stick with the plan.

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  • Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    OP says reprogram all of the satellites. So I would assume that would include the modern ones with encryption as well.

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    • Crumbgrabber@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I cannot confirm or deny any such arrangement exists with an existing alien species.

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Call the FBI! We found the alien!

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  • subignition@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I would hope there is at least authentication of some kind...

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    • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • Lightborne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I would guess not. Any authentication scheme would just be another risk point to not be able to talk to the thing from earth.

      But I’m just guessing.

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    • downpunxx@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      when these were launched in the 70's authentication wasn't a concern, getting it up, and reporting back was

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    • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It is from the 1970’s

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