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I would be surprised if Starlink needed the handshake in order to locate a phone, I get the concern, and certainly an opt out would lower your attack surface, b
by thot_experiment 2y ago
I would be surprised if Starlink needed the handshake in order to locate a phone, I get the concern, and certainly an opt out would lower your attack surface, but I'm pretty sure if you can establish a bidirectional link with a satellite the satellite can hear your phone asking for the nearest cell tower (or whatever it's doing, I'm sure the IMEI is up there in the noise and you can pick it out if you have good ears)
I'm only thinking about this from a first principles modulated EM radiation perspective though, eager to have someone point out why I'm wrong.
- butlike 2y agoCan you hear modulated EM radiation with good ears?
- thot_experiment 2y agoHmmm, maybe? If you had really really good ears you might be able to correlate out some kinds of modulated EM radiation from it's effects on the pressure in a medium. It seems plausible. I was of course originally using ears metaphorically to mean phased array antennas.
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