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

• NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Stick with the plan.

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• Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Call the FBI! We found the alien!

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• subignition@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Actually it’s Admin47 now because of the yearly password change requirement.

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  • Lightborne@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It is from the 1970’s

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