Apparently, even the military thought unencrypted calls and texts were secure, but off the shelf satellite dish tech .. em no they weren't and no traffic through satellites are fully secure

“University of Maryland spent $800 on an off-the-shelf satellite receiver and pointed it at the sky for three years. They found reams of unencrypted data beaming to and from space, including people’s private voice calls and text messages, and consumer internet traffic from in-flight Wi-Fi services.”

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