kjr@kbin.social to News@kbin.social · 1 year ago'Chinese spy balloon' was 'crammed' with US hardwarewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
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Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say
minus-squareFreeBooteR69@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI 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 year agoGiven 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 year agoYeah 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 year agoConnect to a cell phone tower on the ground and transmit encrypted file blocks over the Internet.
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoGood 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?