They dont need the back communication to start the attack. They need just unstopably translate the same message for many million years. It could look like waste of time, but many Earthly trees sends their seeds without any feedback. It is just reproduction.
“Unknown threat con”—in this scenario bait senders report that a certain threat hangs over on humanity, for example, from another enemy civilization, and to protect yourself, you should join the putative “Galactic Alliance” and build a certain installation.
“Tireless researcher con”—here senders argue that posting messages is the cheapest way to explore the world. They ask us to create AI that will study our world, and send the results back
A defensive posture regarding interstellar communication is only to listen, not sending anything that does not reveal its location. The laws prohibit the sending of a message from the United States to the stars.
Those are some of the examples where you talk about back communication and this is what I was referring to.
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My opinion is that SETI attack first stage is less then 1 Gb, not hundreds of kilobytes. It could later download addititonal material and it should not be Friendly.
How?? You seem to again be assuming that there is real-time two-way communication over interstellar distances.
No, I dont assume back communication. They ask about it—but it is only a trick to push us to make their computer.
Downloading addititional information could be made from secretive preexisted chanel, like third radiotranslator with highly encripted code.
Downloading addititional information could be made from secretive preexisted chanel,
Fair enough, that could work but there are limitations on this new channel in terms of its position (can’t be close to the first signal) and the same limitations for message length. Additionally you need to send the key for the decryption of the second message with the first message.
They ask about it—but it is only a trick
Surely we will know where the message is originating from and will know how long it will take us to send them a message back and thus they cant trick us into believing that there is backwards communication when there isn’t. Especially so when we see that the message stays the same and is repeating itself in every direction.
They dont need the back communication to start the attack. They need just unstopably translate the same message for many million years. It could look like waste of time, but many Earthly trees sends their seeds without any feedback. It is just reproduction.
Those are some of the examples where you talk about back communication and this is what I was referring to.
Edit:
How?? You seem to again be assuming that there is real-time two-way communication over interstellar distances.
No, I dont assume back communication. They ask about it—but it is only a trick to push us to make their computer. Downloading addititional information could be made from secretive preexisted chanel, like third radiotranslator with highly encripted code.
Fair enough, that could work but there are limitations on this new channel in terms of its position (can’t be close to the first signal) and the same limitations for message length. Additionally you need to send the key for the decryption of the second message with the first message.
Surely we will know where the message is originating from and will know how long it will take us to send them a message back and thus they cant trick us into believing that there is backwards communication when there isn’t. Especially so when we see that the message stays the same and is repeating itself in every direction.