CRUMBGRABBER@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoNASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-squareNASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.CRUMBGRABBER@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresubignition@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI would hope there is at least authentication of some kind…
minus-squareandrew@lemmy.stuart.funlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoActually it’s Admin47 now because of the yearly password change requirement.
minus-squareLightborne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 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-up4·edit-22 months agoI wouldn’t be so sure. They were probably scared the Russians might sabotage it.
minus-squaredownpunxx@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agowhen these were launched in the 70’s authentication wasn’t a concern, getting it up, and reporting back was
I would hope there is at least authentication of some kind…
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Actually it’s Admin47 now because of the yearly password change requirement.
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.
when these were launched in the 70’s authentication wasn’t a concern, getting it up, and reporting back was