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This paper is written by Michael Hippke (Sonneberg Obsv.) and John G. Learned (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Hawaii) as part of Michael's Interstellar Communication series.
ABSTRACT
A complex message from space may require the use of computers to display, analyze and understand.
Such a message cannot be decontaminated with certainty, and technical risks remain which can pose an existential threat. Complex messages would need to be destroyed in the risk averse case.
Full article can be read, there → https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.02180.pdf
In the last paragraph of their conclusion they wrote:
It is always wise to understand the risks and chances beforehand, and make a conscious choice for, or against it, rather than blindly following a random path. Overall, we believe that the risk is very small (but not zero) (my comment: sounds like Spectre vulnerability doesn't it?), and the potential benefit very large, so that we strongly encourage to read an incoming message.
ABSTRACT
A complex message from space may require the use of computers to display, analyze and understand.
Such a message cannot be decontaminated with certainty, and technical risks remain which can pose an existential threat. Complex messages would need to be destroyed in the risk averse case.
Full article can be read, there → https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.02180.pdf
In the last paragraph of their conclusion they wrote:
It is always wise to understand the risks and chances beforehand, and make a conscious choice for, or against it, rather than blindly following a random path. Overall, we believe that the risk is very small (but not zero) (my comment: sounds like Spectre vulnerability doesn't it?), and the potential benefit very large, so that we strongly encourage to read an incoming message.