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Crazy that theres no cryptographic authentication. I get the whole point is rapidly informing, but there should still be some trivial barrier to sending out an
by 0xbeefcab 3y ago
Crazy that theres no cryptographic authentication. I get the whole point is rapidly informing, but there should still be some trivial barrier to sending out an alert
- onthecanposting 3y agoA surprising amount of important systems work because nobody can he bothered to mess with them. I think the takeaway is that most people are good, but perhaps also a bit lazy.
- lxgr 3y agoExactly. Another recent example: https://www.wired.com/story/poland-train-radio-stop-attack/ https://www.wired.com/story/poland-train-radio-stop-attack/
- lxgr 3y agoCryptographic authentication means somebody needs to require a set of trusted keys (or a PKI or similar), and I could imagine that during an actual emergency, availability might be a higher priority than non-spoofability.