[amsat-bb] Secondary mission ideas

[Greg D]

The "need" for some sort of identity for the images is that use case I
mentioned for a live picture frame.  When a ham downloads an image or
message from a passing satellite and sees or reads something
inappropriate, it's a matter for that ham and the service.  She/he has
existing means to deal with the problem, and the problem is relatively
contained.  On the other hand, if the images are automatically
downloaded and displayed on the wall in someone's home or business, then
a significantly larger community can be affected, one with potentially
much larger negative impact on the hobby if it gets out of control.  If
TwitTubeBookGram.com had built in the proper safeguards from the
beginning, "social media" would look a whole lot different than it does
today.  Mind you, I understand and support the desperate need for
anonymous postings in some countries, but that does not apply to amateur
radio.  Simply knowing, in a public and reasonably verifiable manner who
uploaded an image should be sufficient to thwart any abuse, and to
provide a means to deal with it.

I would love to have my imagined picture frame on the wall in the Shack,
or have my PC's screen background get updated with images downloaded
from a satellite as it spins around the world.  I think it would be a
great way to show off the hobby, and to support the significant
accomplishments of hams around the world in imagining, designing,
implementing, and operating satellites and the infrastructure
surrounding them.  But sadly these days, anything one does that can have
a broader reach needs to be curated in some way.  It would be a shame if
such a use for the satellite could be ruined by the lack of just a
little bit of control.

Greg  KO6TH


Cathryn Mataga via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> On 10/31/19 1:28 PM, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> On 2019-10-31 15:10, Greg D via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>>> Also need to have some way to securely link an
>>> image to a call sign, so that inappropriate content can't be uploaded
>>> anonymously.
>>
>> This may be going way too far for a hobby. What's next, fingerprint
>> or biometric data before I'm allowed to turn on my HF rig and
>> transmit a picture across the world via SSTV?
>
> Digital signing images could work, but this stuff takes care to do
> correctly and a mistake would defeat all the effort. If someone wants
> to design a 'satellite login' system where we verify our Callsigns
> "Logbook of the World" style, and then have private keys to verify our
> identity, well, that's another project, and best if shared among all
> future satellites that want to use it.
>
> I suggest an open command to delete any image.  The images would fall
> off the queue anyway eventually, so not much is lost if someone gets
> delete happy.
>
>
>
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