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It really is a marvel when you think about it. The latency is horrible, several hours to several days, but each packet of data can contain several Pb of information inside of it. It comes with a built-in ACK method (phone call or site update), and the packet almost never needs to be verified externally because the data inside has all of its own integrity check methods.

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I assume they're sending the checksums with Bandit (lest a truck hijacking lead to a MITM attack.)

This sounds like the lead in to a fantastic spy movie.

The rag-tag team of ex-spies have to band together with the younger techy team to hijack a Snowmobile and modify data on the fly, barreling down the highway.

"Man in the Middle"

Blows on gum wrapper

I just got you unlimited international calling time

Too bad Pontiac is out of business. I suppose we could use a Camaro, as long as it's black, with T-Tops, and has a "screaming chicken" decal on the hood.

Sadly, Burt Reynolds isn't available to drive (he needs assistance to get around these days)

Maybe we can make a ML model of Burt Reynolds?

If I recall the talk at re:Invent right, they offer guards as an optional feature you can add during travel.

"Snowmobile is protected by 24/7 video surveillance and alarm monitoring, GPS tracking, and may be escorted by a security vehicle during transit." According to the FAQ.

I don't want to give away the plot completely, but for the truck to leave Manahttan, they go through the Lincoln Tunnel. In decent traffic, that will give me 5 minutes to separate/overwhelm guard cars, as well as hijack the truck en route. With my large team of crack drivers and action heroes, a bunch of panel trucks and vans can obstruct the view of all the civilians driving in the tunnel.

By the time we're outside, the GPS is now in my truck, the driver and data of the real truck are under my control.

(The most unrealistic part of this scenario is that someone would have their main data center in Manhattan.)

>It comes with a built-in ACK method (phone call or site update)

Not really built in if it's out of band.

That's just a question of having a wide enough definition of "band".

Realistically built-in would just be Forward Error Correction scheme, like erasure coding over several disks or even trucks.

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