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The US Military Quietly Turned GPS Into a Global 'Numbers Station,' Evidence Suggests


A security researcher says evidence suggests the U.S. military has been using an obscure GPS message field for nearly 20 years to broadcast encrypted key-distribution data, effectively turning GPS satellites into a global "numbers station." The hidden-looking 176-bit messages appear tied to the Pent...

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