CRUMBGRABBER to [email protected]English • 8 months agoNASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.message-square47fedilinkarrow-up1230file-text
arrow-up1230message-squareNASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.CRUMBGRABBER to [email protected]English • 8 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•8 months agoI 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•edit-28 months agoI wouldn’t be so sure. They were probably scared the Russians might sabotage it.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-28 months agoThat’s actually a good point. However, the technology and conceptual understanding of encryption was not really a thing in 1970 Sure encryption was around but it was mostly people with code books
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.
I wouldn’t be so sure. They were probably scared the Russians might sabotage it.
That’s actually a good point. However, the technology and conceptual understanding of encryption was not really a thing in 1970
Sure encryption was around but it was mostly people with code books