Nov 17
Keeping Watch for Interstellar Computer Viruses
Keeping Watch for Interstellar Computer Viruses: “Add one more worry to the computerized world of the 21st century. Could a signal from the stars broadcast by an alien intelligence also carry harmful information, in the spirit of a computer virus? Could�star folk launch a ‘disinformation’ campaign — one that covers up aspects of their culture? Perhaps they might even mask the ‘real’ intent of dispatching a message to other civilizations scattered throughout the Cosmos.”
