The U.S. Military Quietly Turned GPS Into a Global ‘Numbers Station,’ Evidence Suggests
A security expert has uncovered evidence suggesting the U.S. military has been using public GPS satellites to broadcast encrypted data for its global network for nearly two decades. Steven Murdoch, a professor at University College London, found that a specific, previously overlooked segment of the GPS signal likely carries cryptographic keys for the Pentagon's Over-the-Air Distribution network. This system allows military GPS receivers worldwide to be updated remotely, a significant upgrade from older manual key distribution methods. AI
