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

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      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.

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        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

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      when these were launched in the 70’s authentication wasn’t a concern, getting it up, and reporting back was