• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Probably not for the reason you think.

    Like, it wouldn’t be patched into anything official

    But it means Musk knew where that ship was 24/7, and I’m pretty sure that’s why Ukraine’s military stopped using it. Musk tipped off Putin to troop movements.

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        1 year ago

        What?

        Surface ships are in constant communication with stuff…

        You can’t just find a signal in the middle of the ocean. Musk can find a starlink signal tho, because he can see what Starlink connects to and it’s gps location.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah but if they go on mission and “go dark” then you still have this starlink thing that may or may not be disabled by the person smuggling it on board. It may also be connected to official things if the owner has bad intentions, or if someone else who does finds it and co-opts it.

          There is a lot that could go wrong with unauthorized radio transmission equipment on a warship, and not all of it is obvious.

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            1 year ago

            You can’t connect a star link to siprnet.

            The worst a bad actor could do is constantly transmitting location and other combat data.

    • Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The reason I think is because any unofficial and potentially unsecured communications access point seems like a vulnerability. If some moron posts a picture using that unofficial access point I’d be worried it could be traced to the ship’s location.

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      1 year ago

      Musk tipped off Putin to troop movements

      Wait he did? Can you provide a source for this? I can only find information about him stopping starlink service in crimea

    • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club
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      1 year ago

      Musk tipped off Putin to troop movements.

      I’m sorry, this made me laugh. Is that a widely accepted conspiracy theory in this community? That Elon Musk is a Russian spy?

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        1 year ago

        Did you miss the part where he sent a militarized Cyber Truck to a Russian war criminal, or are you conveniently ignoring it?