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Edward SnowdenTalks Alien Communications With Neil deGrasse Tyson

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-are-you-saying dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Edward Snowden, the former contractor who leaked National Security Agency secrets publicly in 2013, is now getting attention for an odd subject: aliens. In a podcast interview with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Snowden suggested that alien communications might be encrypted so well that humans trying to eavesdrop on extraterrestrials would have no idea they were hearing anything but noise. There's only a small window in the development of communication in which unencrypted messages are the norm, Snowden said.

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  1. it's all alien spam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    9 out of 10 alien messages are for tentacle enlargement pills

  2. Re:Whoa by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes they are. They're hiding from the cavemen with the nuclear weapons.

  3. Re:Maybe they don't even use RF by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 3, Funny

    we can't differentiate it from random noise

    reminds me of fox news...

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  4. Re:Maybe they don't even use RF by narcc · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, no. There is a clear pattern there.

    I won't go so far as to suggest it's being transmitted by intelligent life, but it's an interesting signal none-the-less.

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