Technology Security - Satellite Hacking

I thought I'd make a quick post about security in technology after reading a great article on satellite hacking - for the princely sum of about £700...

As the web becomes more important in every day life we begin to depend on its existence more.  It is this dependency that creates responsibilities for everyone.  For the end user the responsibilities are, to some extent anyway, less than than those users and providers at the higher level.

The following short article is taken from TheRegister and gives a somewhat worrying insight into a little known type of hacking using satellites.

It amazes me still that in this day and age people insist on sending confidential data without any form of encryption, especially when so many good solutions to achieve a reasonable level of security exist.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/17/satellite_tv_hacking/

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