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

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 06/05/2026 19:00 EDT

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 Pentagon's Over-the-Air Distribution system for remotely updating cryptographic keys, meaning ordinary GPS receivers may have been receiving the traffic all along without anyone outside the military noticing. The fin

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