3 ms·
‘Airgapped from the internet’ is very much the default state of technology on a ship. Connecting things to the internet seems like something that would require
by jameshart 2y ago
‘Airgapped from the internet’ is very much the default state of technology on a ship. Connecting things to the internet seems like something that would require additional steps.
- eru 2y agoAt the moment perhaps, yes. I will predict that will change as satellite internet becomes ubiquitous.
- gumby 2y agoThis should not have been downvoted. I work with the shipping industry and one of our partners just bought a satellite network. All commercial ships these days have WiFi and satellite uplink is becoming ubiquitous. The tech we are building depends on low speed, low volume bidirectional data streaming and we haven’t yet found a ship in 2024 that doesn’t have much more bandwidth than we need
- consumer451 2y agoHere is a video from Chief Makoi on this very topic. He is a highly respected working Chief Marine Engineer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B9znFDwdBI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B9znFDwdBI [10:36]
- Eduard 2y agoever heard of AIS, e. g. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/ https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/ ?
- jameshart 2y agoThat's a VHF transmission emitted from a boat containing a data packet about its position and speed. Quite a long way from an internet connection. But of course I was being flippant - modern commercial ships likely have satellite internet access, onboard networks, and probably at least some equipment on board that accepts over-the-air updates of some kind.