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If a communication technology is banned by a country and you circumvent the ban you better be prepared to deal with the consequences. If you don't believe me, f

If a communication technology is banned by a country and you circumvent the ban you better be prepared to deal with the consequences. If you don't believe me, fly to India with a satellite phone and turn it on after you land.

plumeria 3y ago
Please finish the story, what would happen?
ChuckMcM 3y ago
It's a fair point. My impression is that people who are willfully circumventing communication infrastructure restrictions put in place by the government understand there are risks. Even things like circumventing the firewall in China for example. The geopolitical risk is that someone can circumvent and the government will typically go after the company that provides that capability (or the country where that company is headquartered).
- variadix 3y ago
  It is much easier to locate someone (physically) transmitting RF signals illegally than someone using a VPN illegally.
jancsika 3y ago
> fly to India with a satellite phone and turn it on after you land. I'm going to rankly speculate you don't know what happens, because if you did it would have been to juicy too withhold. Or, if I'm wrong-- what in the world are you doing refraining from just saying what happens? Give us the link! I can Google and see they are banned, but I guarantee nearly nobody reading this knows what would actually happen by just turning one on when on Indian soil.
- gpm 3y ago
  Not the person you're replying to, but google tells me that some British oil executive was arrested for this a year ago https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/25/india-british-oil-exec-jailed-for-carrying-satellite-phone-at-yoga-retreat-17630034/ https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/25/india-british-oil-exec-jailed...
fooker 3y ago
>fly to India with a satellite phone and turn it on after you land. You'll be fine, there's no active enforcement. Sure, if you're caught infiltrating a secure area or something, you're in trouble.
- orangepurple 3y ago
  Nope. Triangulated and arrested within minutes.
  - fooker 3y ago
    Do you have any evidence for this? It is fairly common to use unregistered satellite phones for traveling in the Himalayas. But my experience might be 3-4 years out of date. Are they cracking down more recently?
  - panick21_ 3y ago
    You are claiming the Indian government (known for its efficiency) has 24/7 monitoring threwout the subcontinent and has the necessary communication line internal to deploy local police assets to your position in just a few minutes? I believe that when I see it.

plumeria 3y ago

Please finish the story, what would happen?

ChuckMcM 3y ago

It's a fair point. My impression is that people who are willfully circumventing communication infrastructure restrictions put in place by the government understand there are risks. Even things like circumventing the firewall in China for example. The geopolitical risk is that someone can circumvent and the government will typically go after the company that provides that capability (or the country where that company is headquartered).

variadix 3y ago
It is much easier to locate someone (physically) transmitting RF signals illegally than someone using a VPN illegally.

jancsika 3y ago

> fly to India with a satellite phone and turn it on after you land. I'm going to rankly speculate you don't know what happens, because if you did it would have been to juicy too withhold. Or, if I'm wrong-- what in the world are you doing refraining from just saying what happens? Give us the link! I can Google and see they are banned, but I guarantee nearly nobody reading this knows what would actually happen by just turning one on when on Indian soil.

gpm 3y ago
Not the person you're replying to, but google tells me that some British oil executive was arrested for this a year ago https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/25/india-british-oil-exec-jailed-for-carrying-satellite-phone-at-yoga-retreat-17630034/ https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/25/india-british-oil-exec-jailed...

fooker 3y ago

>fly to India with a satellite phone and turn it on after you land. You'll be fine, there's no active enforcement. Sure, if you're caught infiltrating a secure area or something, you're in trouble.

orangepurple 3y ago
Nope. Triangulated and arrested within minutes.
- fooker 3y ago
  Do you have any evidence for this? It is fairly common to use unregistered satellite phones for traveling in the Himalayas. But my experience might be 3-4 years out of date. Are they cracking down more recently?
- panick21_ 3y ago
  You are claiming the Indian government (known for its efficiency) has 24/7 monitoring threwout the subcontinent and has the necessary communication line internal to deploy local police assets to your position in just a few minutes? I believe that when I see it.