The Pentagon Is Accelerating AI and Autonomous Technology America’s military leaders are racing to deploy thousands of autonomous weapons and an AI-powered air monitoring system for Washington D.C.

  • Sylver@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Most military networks are closed circuit by design. I’m not sure how this could be implemented without also allowing back doors to be exploited. You wouldn’t want someone to be able to turn off your defenses as they begin an attack, for example.

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      1 year ago

      There are a number of ways to do it. You can transmit a one-time code to the device that you set up right beforehand. No one’s going to be able to guess your 1024 character one-time password.

      You can even protect the password entry program itself with port knocking. If the right ports aren’t accessed in the right sequence, the enemy doesn’t even get a chance to try their passwords.

      Every server is on the Internet 99.999% of the time. They are constantly being tested. The right cybersecurity tools are available now.

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        1 year ago

        Just make the code 00000 like the nuclear launch codes were for years.

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      1 year ago

      I’m sure (or at least I hope) nuclear weapons have similar systems in place so that they can be launched or shut off as needed?

      In what ways would this be different

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        Yeah, they don’t. Nuclear systems are for the most part closed sourced and built on DOS level hardware. Most of that shit can’t connect to the internet even if they wanted it to. The system you’re thinking about is radio waves between people talking.