Comment on Voyager 1
FreeFacts@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
I wonder how it is secured, or could anyone with a big enough antenna reprogram it at will…
I think the security is adequately managed by the need for a massive transmitter as well as the question “what is there to gain via a hostile takeover and re-programming the probe?”
I bet there’s actual security of some kind going on, but those two points seem like a massive hurdle to clear just to mess with a deep space probe.
what is there to gain via a hostile takeover and re-programming the probe
“We did it for the lulz”.
They get doom to run on it.
Imagine playing with a 22 hour delay on frames.
You may be interested in learning about it’s downlink: destevez.net/2021/09/decoding-voyager-1/
Lol.
Why is it only sending back dickbutt memes?
FlatFootFox@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Modern satellites are protected by various means of encryption, but there’s an enthusiast community that tracks down and communicates with zombie satellites. There’s even been an NGO which managed to fire rockets on an abandoned NASA/ESA probe before (with their approval.)
The Voyagers benefit primarily from the lack of groups with an adequate deep space network to communicate with it. They’re otherwise completely open and well documented.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 6 months ago
“Yeah, I always leave my car unlocked with the keys inside. I also always park it in the center of a lake.”
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
More like, below the lake.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Thanks for that link, cool stuff!