What about all the people who "ping" and hack them for fun?
I don't, but know of at least 20 or so who actively pull data, to include satellite imagery, directly from them as they fly over.
Some of them transmit constantly as they fly by.
I don't know how they do it, but I have friends who pull imagery from some of them. The rest is just gibberish…
In fairness, I'm not sure they are actively doing anything other than receiving data.
Nice…
Hmm, curious…
Yeah, I agree on the fear porn overall…
I'm guessing if you managed to mind fuck a satellite into dropping out of orbit or gave it a virus then, yeah 10yr sentence and all that…
No, playing by the rules is "hard", the other side just changes the rules when it gets difficult or inconvenient.