Kolanaki@pawb.social
on 28 Mar 2025 01:14
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Serious William Gibson cyberpunk type shit right here. Hack a TV satellite and broadcast your “deprogramming” video out, Lo-Tek style.
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world
on 28 Mar 2025 08:17
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The real irony is that TV is largely dying and the whole notion of “hacking a broadcast” is almost quaint.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
on 28 Mar 2025 01:34
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There’s been pirates on FLTSATCOM for decades. That’s what you get when you launch a bunch of satellites that repeat anything with no authentication though.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
on 28 Mar 2025 06:10
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Serious William Gibson cyberpunk type shit right here. Hack a TV satellite and broadcast your “deprogramming” video out, Lo-Tek style.
The real irony is that TV is largely dying and the whole notion of “hacking a broadcast” is almost quaint.
There’s been pirates on FLTSATCOM for decades. That’s what you get when you launch a bunch of satellites that repeat anything with no authentication though.
oops 🤣
In a sense what they’re describing here sort of already happened almost 40 years ago from Captain Midnight knocking HBO off-air.