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I'm currently in the middle of trying to help loads of human rights defenders in Myanmar plan to deal with the internet shut downs that are happening. Satellite
by secfirstmd 6y ago
I'm currently in the middle of trying to help loads of human rights defenders in Myanmar plan to deal with the internet shut downs that are happening. Satellite stuff like Iridium is too crazily expensive to be useful. I really wish some thing like this was available.
- zachberger 6y agoHow can someone help you out with this? I think this is really important work.
- secfirstmd 6y agoDrop me a mail at the email in my bio!
- cma 6y agoWouldn't these be easily visible from the sky? They need clear line of site. It seems like it would be like putting out "come arrest me" smoke signals.
- ericd 6y agoThey could probably be camouflaged with something that doesn’t attenuate signal much?
- aero-glide2 6y agoStarlink will always follow local regulations. Its easy for the government to triangulate the location of user terminals.
- Clewza313 6y agoStarlink will follow local regulations when there's money to be made locally, but what's their incentive to comply with places like Myanmar or North Korea, where the regime is going to prohibit Starlink anyway?
- mike_d 6y agoAlmost every military in the world already has the ability to jam the frequencies used by Starlink.
- secfirstmd 6y agoTrue but that doesn't mean they will. When you have few options it's necessary to do whatever you can
- midasuni 6y agoLast weekend two of my team were working hard getting Inmarsat beans up in Myanmar. Those tend to be illegal imports though - I’d be very surprised if countries that turn off in greener would license satelite ip modems
- secfirstmd 6y agoYep it's just a pity Inmarsat is so expensive