▲ 316 ▼ Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data (www.wired.com) submitted 1 year ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://archive.md/QMvAI With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.
[–] FE80@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (3 children) Someone tell me how to join team "satellite hooligan". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] knightly@pawb.social 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) You can get a cheap SDR for a few bucks and an antenna for about the same. The rest is software and ingenuity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BD89@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Is it illegal to do this? I mean they aren't being used anymore so no harm no foul right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] knightly@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago The legality is questionable, but just listening is harmless. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] knightly@pawb.social 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) You can get a cheap SDR for a few bucks and an antenna for about the same. The rest is software and ingenuity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BD89@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Is it illegal to do this? I mean they aren't being used anymore so no harm no foul right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] knightly@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago The legality is questionable, but just listening is harmless. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BD89@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Is it illegal to do this? I mean they aren't being used anymore so no harm no foul right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] knightly@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago The legality is questionable, but just listening is harmless. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] knightly@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago The legality is questionable, but just listening is harmless. permalink fedilink source parent