NASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.

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    2 months ago

    I wouldn’t be so sure. They were probably scared the Russians might sabotage it.

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      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