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The answer is more likely national security. Starlink is run by an ally of the government that has repeatedly threatened Greenland with invasion.
by saubeidl 1y ago
The answer is more likely national security. Starlink is run by an ally of the government that has repeatedly threatened Greenland with invasion.
- Sporktacular 1y agoThe US diverts trunks for interception and active attacks all the time. Jamming the internet to Greenland during an invasion would be trivial on multiple levels. This will make virtually no difference to national security. Good for the monopoly provider though.
- simondotau 1y agoIf the concern is jamming, the solution is to have a diversity of service providers, not to assume you know who your enemy will be in a decade from now.
- Jach 1y agoFrance is also a US ally. I would rather suspect the answer is that the French company is more willing to bend over to censorship and surveillance orders from the Greenland government.
- saubeidl 1y agoFrance is an ally of the US, but not of the current government.
- actionfromafar 1y agoSure, but Starlink, 5eyes, Palantir and some drunk misfit defsec would never...