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What's exactly stops adversary from taking over Voyager as I'm pretty sure they didn't had E2EE at the time of its craft

• gsck 2y ago
  I'd imagine trying to build a radio transmitter powerful enough to transmit that deep into space would raise a few eyebrows before you even get the chance to send anything to the satellite. That and having to guess what commands to send to the probe
  • wkat4242 2y ago
    Yeah totally. Here's a nice video on what NASA uses to communicate with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=586Zn1ct-QA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=586Zn1ct-QA Not something you'll put in your backyard :')
• Cpoll 2y ago
  There are stories floating around of hackers connecting to old satellites (for fun), so it's possible. NASA could have gotten away with sending a password in plaintext (can anyone intercept a focused radio signal?), or DES, but it's possible they didn't use anything. Where it is now, you'd need some serious equipment to transmit to Voyager, and network security is all about cost-benefit analysis; it's not worth the while for any adversary.
  • martin8412 2y ago
    You'd be spending precious compute and power to use any kind of encryption. It doesn't seem worth it for something that isn't of significant strategic value.
• 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago
  What would that gain strategically?