NASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.
By extension that means we can also reprogram alien satellites and probes. So why aren’t we??
Jeff Goldblum can upload a virus to take out an entire alien spacecraft. Probes are a piece of cake.
Jeff Goldblum is the alien.
Oh snap!
At least in the space odyssey series they had a weird kind of explanation for that approach. Unlike in Independence Day
Actually in ID4 there was an explanation. Basically all of humanity’s computer tech came from reverse engineering alien tech. So our computers worked with theirs because they were based on theirs. Maybe this isn’t this best logic, but they did at least have an in universe explanation.
Oh yeah. That makes sense
We haven’t mastered SSH authentication via psionic tendrils
Look at this human still using SSH. I bet they still process on old PCs instead of PC2’s
I SSH authenticate stuff via my psionic tendril all the time ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
They should make a Star Trek movie about this!
Oh, wait…
And can even view Lemmy on it!
This is assuming that they would know and understand the code. Also, that nothing is encrypted but I guess encryption can be broken.
I would doubt they would have encrypted anything on the probe back in 1977 when it launched.
The ultimate security by obscurity. Do you have a 30m antenna? Can you point it exactly at the space ship with almost no error? Do you know what it’s code and protocols are? OK, please reprogram Voyager
Stick with the plan.
OP says reprogram all of the satellites. So I would assume that would include the modern ones with encryption as well.
I cannot confirm or deny any such arrangement exists with an existing alien species.
Call the FBI! We found the alien!
I would hope there is at least authentication of some kind…
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Actually it’s Admin47 now because of the yearly password change requirement.
I would guess not. Any authentication scheme would just be another risk point to not be able to talk to the thing from earth.
But I’m just guessing.
I wouldn’t be so sure. They were probably scared the Russians might sabotage it.
That’s actually a good point. However, the technology and conceptual understanding of encryption was not really a thing in 1970
Sure encryption was around but it was mostly people with code books
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It is from the 1970’s
Yes, one entity being able to reprogram one piece of tech definitely means another entity is able to reprogram every other piece of tech that is slightly related.
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the existence of viruses and zero day exploits probably also means aliens can reprogram your mom’s laptop but why would they want to?
Any alien species that is aware of our satellites is so technically superior to us they wouldn’t bother. The James Webb Telecope is our best, but we still aren’t certain we’ve named all the planets in our own solar system.
I saw a movie with Will Smith where aliens used TCPv4 to communicate their systems. So, why not?
Probably not all of them. The Voyager probes were launched in the 70s and they don’t exactly need much encryption because they can only be programmed by someone with a massive transmitter.
As a member of the deep state, I can confirm this is true.
Thanks OP
Can you reprogram the satellites? Because it must only be easier for you to do it than aliens at least you understand human languages.
If he was an aerospace engineer maybe
All I can think of is alien adolescents reprogramming them to mess with humans. Fake invasion messages, alien memes. Like cowtipoing, but screwing with humans instead
You’ve been watching too much independence day huh.
Aka Russia. They will have cryptographic authentication lol
The joke is on the aliens.
Voyager’s batteries are going to run out real soon, and then they won’t be able to reprogram anything, it’ll be just a huge paperweight.
