kjr@kbin.social to News@kbin.social · 1 年前'Chinese spy balloon' was 'crammed' with US hardwarewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link'Chinese spy balloon' was 'crammed' with US hardwarewww.theregister.comkjr@kbin.social to News@kbin.social · 1 年前message-square7fedilinkfile-text
Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say
minus-squareFreeBooteR69@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 年前I don’t buy that it didn’t send data back to China. That’s a little too much to believe.
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前Given the distance from China, and assuming it had no satellite communication hardware, are there any other ways data could have transmitted that sort of distance? Sincerely wondering/asking
minus-squaredystop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前Yeah that’s a good question. I can’t imagine the plan was for the Chinese to actually physically retrieve the balloon to get the data…
minus-squarejrs100000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前Connect to a cell phone tower on the ground and transmit encrypted file blocks over the Internet.
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前Good suggestion! Had not considered. Does the range go high enough though from cell towers?
I don’t buy that it didn’t send data back to China. That’s a little too much to believe.
Given the distance from China, and assuming it had no satellite communication hardware, are there any other ways data could have transmitted that sort of distance?
Sincerely wondering/asking
Yeah that’s a good question. I can’t imagine the plan was for the Chinese to actually physically retrieve the balloon to get the data…
Connect to a cell phone tower on the ground and transmit encrypted file blocks over the Internet.
Good suggestion! Had not considered. Does the range go high enough though from cell towers?