CRUMBGRABBER@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down140file-text
arrow-up1187arrow-down1message-squareNASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.CRUMBGRABBER@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLightborne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 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-squaredfyx@lemmy.helios42.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-28 months agoI wouldn’t be so sure. They were probably scared the Russians might sabotage it.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·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