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'Chinese spy balloon' was 'crammed' with US hardware (www.theregister.com)

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Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Given the distance from China, and assuming it had no satellite communication hardware, are there any other ways data could have transmitted that sort of distance?

Sincerely wondering/asking

[–] jrs100000@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Connect to a cell phone tower on the ground and transmit encrypted file blocks over the Internet.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Good suggestion! Had not considered. Does the range go high enough though from cell towers?

[–] dystop@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah that's a good question. I can't imagine the plan was for the Chinese to actually physically retrieve the balloon to get the data...