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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think the security is adequately managed by the need for a massive transmitter as well as the question "what is there to gain via a hostile takeover and re-programming the probe?"

I bet there's actual security of some kind going on, but those two points seem like a massive hurdle to clear just to mess with a deep space probe.

[–] niktemadur 46 points 7 months ago (1 children)

what is there to gain via a hostile takeover and re-programming the probe

"We did it for the lulz".

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They get doom to run on it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Imagine playing with a 22 hour delay on frames.