• ██████████@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    bruh you can use an old DishNetwork and a cyberdeck to download those satellites images directly from the comfort of your home. also wierd satellite stationz

    secrecy by obscurity of knowledge i believe it is called

    • loklan@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Nah, you can get images from weather satellites this way, they broadcast unencrypted/with old encryption that has been broken.

      Ain’t nobody getting a feed from a modern GIS sat, let alone an actual spy sat.

    • astropenguin5@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      From classified spy satellites? No shot. Unclassified stuff maybe, or civilian satellites. But anything military and/or classified is going to be encrypted, so unless you know the key you may be able to intercept the data but not make an image.