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That only works until the first jailbreak.
by ISL 5y ago
That only works until the first jailbreak.
- lxgr 5y agoThe satellite network knows where you are too and can just choose to not service you if you are in a banned area.
- ugjka 5y agoWhat kind of precision we talk about here and why would they give a damn? It would suck for sailors to get their satcom banned because they appear to be close to the Indian waters but not intending to enter
- lxgr 5y agoThe precision is probably on the order of the Iridium spot beam size, which as far as I know is 300 km. As to why: Indian customs officers confiscating all iPhones is probably bad for business (in the long term).
- CodesInChaos 5y agoIsn't the baseband a separate chip which would have to be cracked separately? A phone already needs to enforce many RF restrictions, one more doesn't sound like a big deal.