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Comment by jimpudar

Satellites, being a broadcast technology, don't seem well suited to Internet access. When I request my bank information, the response from the satellite will be audible to anyone who cares to listen for the signal.

Assuming there are some zero days out there against HTTPS, what is there to prevent third parties listening in? At least with cable and fiber, only those entities who can afford to install beam splitters can listen in (see Room 641A).

Any network engineers with satellite experience care to chime in on this?

parent jimpudar 8 years ago

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