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		soheil on March 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA's Perseverance rover sends stunning images I would think encryption would slow down the transmission rate. So most likely are sent in the clear

hackeraccount on March 3, 2021 [–]

I'm not saying they are encrypted but I thought that encryption is a close cousin to compression - that it generally doesn't add overhead.

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