Russia may fine citizens who use SpaceX’s Starlink Internet service

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/russia-may-fine-citizens-who-use-spacexs-starlink-internet-service/

by supernova87a • 6 years ago

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supernova87a• 6 years ago

Maybe a blow to China too, who can no longer police their internet as a great wall, if the sky is open?

Triv888• 6 years ago

They could create radio interferences, maybe? or just destroy the satellites?

wmf• 6 years ago

If they see that antenna you're going to a re-education camp.

biaachmonkie• 6 years ago

This is a weakness of having Elon Musk as the head of both SpaceX/Starlink and Tesla.

Starlink will 100% play China's rules (and Russia's), not only to sell service there which will be precisely Geo-fenced with all traffic in China sent to Ground stations in China.

But also because if they don't then China/Russia will retaliate against Tesla and any other businesses Elon has that they can exert influence on. So any dreams of Starlink being a panacea of worldwide open internet access need to stop, it will not happen.

rasz• 6 years ago

Forget retaliating against businesses. Both Russia and China are space faring superpowers, they could simply "disable" spacex system until some form of "compromise" is found.

timonoko• 6 years ago

Starlink is so big and all-encompassing that it is totally advisable to establish their own net altogether. A customer should access the Internet only via separate gateways with responsibility waives and sanitizing protocols.

Russia may fine citizens who use SpaceX’s Starlink Internet service

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