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The go-to effect in movies and series to show that transmissions have been corrupted or intercepted is some sort of analog static, even when everything is digital (programming.dev)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ICastFist@programming.dev to c/showerthoughts@sh.itjust.works

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I guess the realistic "video just stopped" or audio desync isn't as fun on a screen

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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Reading The Expanse at the moment and there is an analogue (no pun intended) of this: communication through the Gates is affected by some kind of weird interference, which is audible as strange whistling/ringing in audio. But surely they're using digital, encrypted signals for these connections (rather than broadcasts)! It should result in a degraded bandwidth or corruption, not whatever that is.

Though now I think about it, DAB radio does get a kind of watery noise when there's poor signal, so maybe it's not completely unrealistic. If anyone knows enough about DAB to explain that, I'm interested.