Hackers' Pub

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Ingo Becker @ingobecker@ohai.social

1/15/2026, 4:56:57 PM

Public

Better watch out next time you use WiFi on a plane. Because it's broadcasted unencrypted across the area of an entire continent via a satellite link. And it can be received using of the shelf TV satellite dishes.

Good part is: private connections are mostly encrypted due to stuff like Let's Encrypt.

Bad part: critical infrastructure doesn't use Let's Encrypt.

One of my favorite talks of the 39c3

https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-don-t-look-up-there-are-sensitive-internal-links-in-the-clear-on-geo-satellites

#39c3 #security #kritis

Don’t look up: There are sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites

We pointed a commercial-off-the-shelf satellite dish at the sky and examined all of the geostationary satellite communications visible fr...

media.ccc.de

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