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US military uses GPS satellites for secret encryption network

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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

RANK_REASON Security researcher details findings about a long-standing, previously unknown military use of a public technology. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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US military uses GPS satellites for secret encryption network

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  1. 404 Media TIER_1 English(EN) · Becky Ferreira ·

    The U.S. Military Quietly Turned GPS Into a Global ‘Numbers Station,’ Evidence Suggests

    A random sequence in an innocuous GPS message field is likely encrypted traffic from the U.S. military's system for remotely updating cryptographic keys around the world.

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