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Letter: ET gone phishing

Published 6 February 2013

From Martin Ystenes

Letter writer Martin Ellis seems concerned that a single evil civilisation will take over the universe (12 January, p 28). But such a civilisation would probably spam the intergalactic internet. So as long as we don’t respond to messages saying: “You have inherited a galaxy in the Crap Nebula”, we should be safe.

Trondheim, Norway

Issue no. 2903 published 9 February 2013

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