This is great for Starlink and Americans, really great. But I believe that we should consider the corollary of this achievement: any threat actor with the abil

This is great for Starlink and Americans, really great. But I believe that we should consider the corollary of this achievement: any threat actor with the ability to launch satellites into this orbit will be able to act as a cell tower, anywhere in the world at any time. Previously, cell towers were limited by geography and topology. We'd travel to/through a neighborhood and there would be a limited number of towers available for our traffic, and our trust in them was based on their ability to physically set up there and connect to one or more carrier networks. Now if any old space rock can provide service, what does this mean for trustworthiness of the tower stations? Will anybody be able to carry our traffic without us really knowing who is doing it?