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stinkbeetleyesterday at 9:53 AM1 replyview on HN

Yes that's what spoofing is, but why wouldn't they be able to?

(EDIT: I see the other reply thread is already asking the same thing, didn't intend to ask about the same thing)


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stavrosyesterday at 10:40 AM

Because, due to how cryptography works, nobody other than the entity holding the signing key (ie the one that deployed the satellites) can produce valid signatures for that key.