US Spy TV Easy To Pick Up
from the want-to-see-what-we're-spying-on-lately? dept
Apparently, US spyplane videos and images are being broadcast via a commercial satellite. This means, anyone (yes, anyone) with a normal satellite TV receiver can apparently retrieve the images as they're being broadcast. The guy who discovered this has been trying to warn people, but they haven't really responded. There is, of course, the theory that the US wants people to see these feeds (either as disinformation or as a "we can see you" warning). However, others seem to think that a huge security mistake has been made. Update: The BBC article on this topic makes it sound even worse. They recieved a quote saying nothing important was being shown on the broadcasts - but the BBC looked at the broadcasts themselves and say that's not true.
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Normal = Ku Band
There is usually lots of amusing stuff in the Ku band, kind of like the new shortwave radio.
http://www.loralskynet.com/fleet/telstar11/t11ov_us.asp
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Not sure why this one is making the rounds...
From what I've read, most of the encrypted stuff is of/for current operations in Afganistan. The unencrypted stuff is intel of the Balkan operations.
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Re: Not sure why this one is making the rounds...
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Well, there goes the argument for security through
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While you may not feel qualified to make sensitivity determinations, that's exactly what is happening. You and everyone else with a Ku band dish. You get to see it when we do. Usually, you get to see it before we do. Or at least examine the content.
I, as someone "qualified" to comment, am glad that this has flushed. There has been enormous criticism of the entire community lately. The expectation is that a "Make it so" does just that. It takes a significantly greater amount of time to expand the infrastructure required to monitor hot spots than it does to create them.
Sorry for the vent.
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