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Iran Is Hunting Down Starlink Users to Stop Protest Videos from Going Global
- Agreed3750 9mo agoArchive: https://archive.ph/pTp0A https://archive.ph/pTp0A
- gnabgib 9mo agoRelated: Iran shuts down Starlink internet for first time (191 points, 2 days ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46575224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46575224 Iran is likely jamming Starlink (135 points, yesterday, 273 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46573384 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46573384
- Agreed3750 9mo agoThanks for including these! I feel like by the end of the month these related comments will span 10 different posts
- burnt-resistor 9mo agoSeems like it. And it's (only) been 5 days now, but jamming SL seems like desperation from the government side while there appears to be support from traditionalist faction(s) per counter-protests. The perpetual struggles everywhere: rich vs. poor, and open vs. traditional.
- sysguest 9mo agohmm maybe this can be easily solved? 1. make a starlink+wireless mesh-network (eg. using BLE) that can handle multiple connects/disconnects seamlessly 2. mount those starlinks on cars/trucks/motorcycles/etc. hide those on ditches, buildings, etc. Elon should work on that "starlink <-> wireless mesh-network" part (eg. app or device)
- dzhiurgis 9mo agoOr Starlink enables direct to cell 5G in Iran.
- bigfatkitten 9mo agoTerminals are easy to find. Every single commercial mobile satellite system, other than VSAT needs to tell the network where it is in order to function. None of them are designed for low probability of interception/detection.
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- sysguest 9mo agowell that's why you need to move around
- coffeebeqn 9mo agoBut this is getting pretty complicated for private citizens without internet access to organize with the protests, sanctions, falling currency and government killing thousands of people, no?
- bigfatkitten 9mo agoThat’s not going to save you when your adversary can continuously track your position, and identify your pattern of life.
- lm28469 9mo ago> Elon should work Elon? You mean the team behind starlink? The cult of personality around this nerd is amazing
- sysguest 9mo agohmm so who should I refer to? should I call out bill gates? zuckerberg?
- tuktoyaktuk 9mo ago[dead]
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- wildylion 9mo agoLearn from the Ukrainians: to avoid jamming, the Dishy can be buried in a narrow trench so that only the sky is visible and it's not radiating outwards.
- kobalsky 9mo agowhy don't they jam the satellites themselves?
- BoredPositron 9mo agoThey can't pump it up that much.
- wildylion 9mo agoArchive link: https://archive.ph/pTp0A https://archive.ph/pTp0A
- NedF 9mo ago[dead]
- hulitu 9mo ago> Iran Is Hunting Down Starlink Users Does Starlink has a licence to operate in Iran ? (Is the Starlink transmitter homologated in Iran). Sending RF signals without authorization will put you in trouble with law enforcement in most of the world, US included.
- boelboel 9mo agoBut america are the goodies, they should be able to meddle, spy ... in other countries. Tiktok is certainly a national security issue though, can't have those chinamen spying on americans.