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bit_user The title said: … country using 'military-grade jamming' against terminals … If I understand correctly, the jamming is acting upon the satellites , overwhelming their ability to receive signals from terminals. It's only indirectly affecting the terminals, as opposed to directly jamming them. The article said: Iranian Minister of Communications Sattar Hashemi has previously acknowledged that the earlier January blackout cost the economy around $35.7 million per day I'm sure that figure is much lower now, because there's much less potential economic activity such a communications blackout could stifle. Reply
Notton In WW2, if you wanted to paint a big bullseye on yourself, you'd turn the lights on in your building at night. Reply
bit_user Notton said: In WW2, if you wanted to paint a big bullseye on yourself, you'd turn the lights on in your building at night. Was it about individual houses, or just trying to keep the enemy bombers from being able to visually locate cities, during their night-time bombing runs? Starlink terminals emit a beam that's directed at the satellite. I think that makes it hard to detect, unless you're either very nearby or somewhere in the path of the beam. Since Iran has no functional airforce, I sort of doubt they could fly surveillance flights to try and locate the terminals. Maybe they could equip drones with some scanning equipment, but they could get shot down rather quickly. Reply
warezme Gururu said: Us in a couple years… I agree. The government already wants complete router control. Reply
af1980 It’s crazy they haven’t implemented a full blackout this entire time, especially considering all the U.S. companies that sell facial recognition data to the U.S. and Israeli governments. Just imagine trying to explain to the average citizen there that when they do something as seemingly innocent as using Facebook, Instagram, Google Photos, Amazon Photos, Pokemon Go, or any other app, anyone caught in the background of a photo will have their location handed over and used in real time for an assassination/airstrike. Reply
Bikki Imagine life without connectivity. Like no chat, no mail, no meeting … wait it could be … good? Reply
usertests Bikki said: Imagine life without connectivity. Like no chat, no mail, no meeting … wait it could be … good? Less good with bomb rainfall. Reply
Notton bit_user said: Was it about individual houses, or just trying to keep the enemy bombers from being able to visually locate cities, during their night-time bombing runs? Starlink terminals emit a beam that's directed at the satellite. I think that makes it hard to detect, unless you're either very nearby or somewhere in the path of the beam. Since Iran has no functional airforce, I sort of doubt they could fly surveillance flights to try and locate the terminals. Maybe they could equip drones with some scanning equipment, but they could get shot down rather quickly. It's a metaphor And no, I wouldn't be worried about Iranian's targeting starlink terminals within their borders. The threat is external. Reply
bill001g Bikki said: Imagine life without connectivity. Like no chat, no mail, no meeting … wait it could be … good? I wonder if their younger generation are no longer zombies staring at their phone while they walk into traffic. I saw someone almost get hit just the other day crossing against a red light. Reply
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