CRUMBGRABBER to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoNASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.message-square50fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareNASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.CRUMBGRABBER to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Lightborne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•6 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@dfyx@lemmy.helios42.delinkfedilink0•edit-26 months agoI wouldn’t be so sure. They were probably scared the Russians might sabotage it.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-26 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