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They can always jam whatever bands it operates on. They can make it illegal to tx/rx in those bands.
by lvs 10y ago
They can always jam whatever bands it operates on. They can make it illegal to tx/rx in those bands.
- metafunctor 10y agoI'm imagining a super narrow directional beam pointed at the satellites. You cannot jam that, and even detecting it would mean you need to be really close. It can still be made illegal, of course.
- ansible 10y agoA bad actor could also use a super narrow beam pointed at the satellite as a jamming signal that saturates the receiver, which prevents reception or even damages the satellite. Depends on the power.
- Matumio 10y agoI don't know what technology you need to track and hit low-orbit satellites with a narrow beam, but I bet it's not as cheap as a dish?
- lvs 10y agoNah, it wouldn't be that hard to jam the inbound signal, especially within cities. The sat can't really focus a beam in the way you're imagining.