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How much value has Google and similar created with GPS. It slowed the need for other countries to put their own up. The satellites were not a secret Their en
by lithos 9y ago
How much value has Google and similar created with GPS.
It slowed the need for other countries to put their own up.
The satellites were not a secret
Their encryption scheme was probably already cracked, so might as well open it anyways.
- _delirium 9y agoIt wasn't so much Google. The big players lobbying for the civilian degradation to be turned off in the late 1990s were the airline industry. Within the government, the FAA was also a big advocate, hoping it would be able to retire various other expensive systems if it could count on a reliable GPS.