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Russia may fine citizens who use SpaceX’s Starlink Internet service
- supernova87a 6y agoMaybe a blow to China too, who can no longer police their internet as a great wall, if the sky is open?
- wmf 6y agoIf they see that antenna you're going to a re-education camp.
- Triv888 6y agoThey could create radio interferences, maybe? or just destroy the satellites?
- biaachmonkie 6y agoThis is a weakness of having Elon Musk as the head of both SpaceX/Starlink and Tesla. Starlink will 100% play China's rules (and Russia's), not only to sell service there which will be precisely Geo-fenced with all traffic in China sent to Ground stations in China. But also because if they don't then China/Russia will retaliate against Tesla and any other businesses Elon has that they can exert influence on. So any dreams of Starlink being a panacea of worldwide open internet access need to stop, it will not happen.
- rasz 6y agoForget retaliating against businesses. Both Russia and China are space faring superpowers, they could simply "disable" spacex system until some form of "compromise" is found.
- timonoko 6y agoStarlink is so big and all-encompassing that it is totally advisable to establish their own net altogether. A customer should access the Internet only via separate gateways with responsibility waives and sanitizing protocols.