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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

you say that like aliens wouldn't just acquire the hardware itself. If there are aliens, and they know about the probe, chances are they're probably in a better position to fuck with it than we are. From a computing power angle (i.e. it's easy to crack) as well as hardware level.