• teft@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    a radio broadcast signal that could easily be recorded and then spoofed by anyone assuming they didn’t just take the device itself off the corpse of a soldier and just use it.

    Those issues could be alleviated by having daily codes or a codebook. Similar to how military radios work with loading encryption onto it you could do the same with the GDO.

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      10 months ago

      They have that. The GDO is coded to each team and the codes are only good for a few days. It’s in part how they are able to say which team is trying to open the iris.

      • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        It should be a constantly updated code operating on an algorithm. Even 24 hours is too long. So much can go wrong in that time and invasions only take a foothold to get started.

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          They never cover it but the codes are probably one time use as well. I remember one of the early episodes SG1 is under tight time constrains because the GDO is going to be locked out soon. I think it’s one they recruit Teal’c but I’m not sure.

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            The first couple episodes they mention that. But I always assumed that meant the codes were on a per mission basis.

            Then it doesn’t explain Cold Lazuras where jack comes back after everyone or when the evil team came through in the last season to nick the zpm.