Yah... some of those are good questions, though they aren't all within the scope of this discussion. For that matter, CFC isn't accountable to any of us, so they could reasonably consider some of these questions none of our business. About the only thing I can definitively say here is that they do have remote control of KLSY, and I know at least two very good engineers have the keys to that castle. As for the rest; some of it I can't say because I don't work there anymore, and some of it I can't say because I did.
As I said though, I've personally had an internet box get hacked... one that I know had a decent password. After the hack, I reprogrammed it, made the box less visible and notified Barix of the issue. Beyond that, I'm not sure what you could do, short of not using these things at all. That's not likely to happen, so I'd guess a good relationship with the manufacturer as these issues are worked out is a good idea.
As for your other questions, I suppose you could speculate on a couple of them yourself.
If one of the stations you take care of got hacked in this manner, would the FBI get involved with the FCC? Would that happen without a request of the licensee? Would it happen WITH that request or would the FCC need to take this seriously enough to bring them in, assuming they have that sort of jurisdiction? I don't know that this is likely to happen with the LPFM over there, so would the extra horsepower of a larger company make a difference? One would think it shouldn't, but...
As I said though, I've personally had an internet box get hacked... one that I know had a decent password. After the hack, I reprogrammed it, made the box less visible and notified Barix of the issue. Beyond that, I'm not sure what you could do, short of not using these things at all. That's not likely to happen, so I'd guess a good relationship with the manufacturer as these issues are worked out is a good idea.
As for your other questions, I suppose you could speculate on a couple of them yourself.
If one of the stations you take care of got hacked in this manner, would the FBI get involved with the FCC? Would that happen without a request of the licensee? Would it happen WITH that request or would the FCC need to take this seriously enough to bring them in, assuming they have that sort of jurisdiction? I don't know that this is likely to happen with the LPFM over there, so would the extra horsepower of a larger company make a difference? One would think it shouldn't, but...
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