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Yes, North Koreans are clamoring to use this. /s Things like this are paraded around as helpful for people in oppressive regimes when in reality they're more u
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago
Yes, North Koreans are clamoring to use this. /s
Things like this are paraded around as helpful for people in oppressive regimes when in reality they're more useful for building a bigger surveillance state in the West.
- menacingly 2y agothey seemed to enjoy the internet access in russia
- jack_pp 2y agoDo we have evidence musk wants to help the state with surveillance? The real use case is having connectivity in remote areas imo
- threeseed 2y agoSpaceX has been building a spy network for the US government for a while now: https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-is-building-spy-satellite-network-us-intelligence-agency-sources-2024-03-16/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-is-bui...
- jack_pp 2y agoDevil's advocate here but global spying isn't the same as surveillance state. For in country surveillance there's enough CCTV to not even need satellites
- protocolture 2y agoKind of is. All the five eyes have reciprocal agreements to trade data. If they cant legally watch you another nation probably can.
- kortilla 2y agoSpying on foreign countries for the US gov is not the same as spying on citizens of foreign countries and providing that information to their government
- lxgr 2y agoI'm really a big fan of the technology, but even I have to admit that it can most likely be used for surveillance just as easily as it can be for providing legitimate cell service. Cellular protocols have a very bad security track record, and this is built on the exact same standards.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y agoYou don't need to want to. If you have the data you can be subpoenaed for it.