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		mike_hearn on Aug 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprising... That was in the days of analog TV. No good way to authenticate uplinks there, I think.

psychphysic on Aug 12, 2023 [–]

Subscriber satillite would have existed by the time of the incident.

I don't think it was a technical limitation and it's likely encrypted uplinks would have been possible long before consumers got encrypted downlinks (subscriber satillite).

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