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by walrus01 1887 days ago
A starlink terminal needs to transmit in known bands and have clear unobstructed view of the sky, and looks quite distinctive. Authoritarian states like Iran are totally capable of training cops to use portable spectrum analyzers, which are not nearly as big or costly as they used to be.

I'm not saying it's an impossible problem to solve, but will require some real time and effort.