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No I'm saying anything broadcast over such an easily intercepted medium is almost certainly not useful. (Either encrypted or information that is not secretive.)
by flangola7 4y ago
No I'm saying anything broadcast over such an easily intercepted medium is almost certainly not useful. (Either encrypted or information that is not secretive.)
If it really was a signal intelligence balloon, I don't see what it could possibly learn.
- kube-system 4y agoEncryption makes signals intelligence more difficult, not impossible. It is and has always been a game of cat and mouse. There is still a lot you can learn from analyzing encrypted signals. The metadata itself may be quite valuable, and any world power undoubtedly does cryptanalysis.
- Breza 4y agoWouldn't there also be a benefit from knowing, for example, that there's a bunch of encrypted radio chatter on a military frequency coming from a rural Montana town with a population of 500? Even without knowing anything that's being said, it might indicate a military presence in that location.