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Well… if it is that easy, might as well make the sequences proprietary again (change them for security), but it should not cost very much after all to add such
by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Well… if it is that easy, might as well make the sequences proprietary again (change them for security), but it should not cost very much after all to add such functionality. At least not nearly as much as Elon thought.
- belval 4y agoI think the article makes it clear that SpaceX does not care much about security here. It's more that they don't have (engineering) bandwidth to actually put something together and sell/support it. Focus is a very real thing in business, starting an additional product that has a minimal overhead can still end up ~2-3 years later as a massive cash drain with a complex hierarchy of workers with a very small ARR. That's why you take on customers before building it.
- iwillbenice 4y agoThe one note I will mention about SpaceX and caring about HW/terminal security is the subsidized cost. SpaceX is retailing the terminal I bought for $500, while I understand the hardware all-in is north of $2000. In these scenarios you will usually see the vendor default to locking down the platform/hardware, if for nothing else to prevent people from buying it and re-purposing it due to subsidized components included.