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Typical dual-use problem. The best you can do is try and close any black import routes you find, and try to disable or disconnect base stations moving faster than 150 km/h.
Similar to how commercial civilian GPS clients shut off when moving at high speeds, except even better if you can do it from the satellite, so the client can't be modded as a workaround.
Ukraine has been an enthusiastic adopter of Starlink after Elon Musk responded to Russia's invasion by shipping antennas valued at over $80 million to the country
For some reason, I'm reminded of the Trojan Horse.
With my extensive knowledge about starlink satellites I uh... Ooh look at the pretty bird! 😍
Elon is probably proud of it.
I had this idea that the US was very hard on treason especially after Snowden but apparently it's selective treason
the problem is Snowden wasn't selling products to the US military, which is apparently a get out of jail free card
This article was amended on 14 September 2023 to add an update to the subheading. As the Guardian reported on 12 September 2023, following the publication of this article, Walter Isaacson retracted the claim in his biography of Elon Musk that the SpaceX CEO had secretly told engineers to switch off Starlink coverage of the Crimean coast.
IIRC Musk didn't switch it off, it wasn't turned on in the first place and Musk refused to turn it on when the Ukrainian military reqeusted it.
Musk is a shithead but not for this reason.
