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Don’t Look Up: Sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites [pdf](satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu)
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Academic paper (ACM CCS 2025) scanning IP traffic on 39 GEO satellites, finding about half of links carry unencrypted sensitive commercial, military, and cellular traffic.