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by mariojv 961 days ago
It looks like this will only be available in a few countries to start, but what would the implications be for censorship resistance if this were to be available in countries with significant internet censorship?

Is anyone familiar enough with the underlying technology to know if countries would be able to identify individual users or jam the signal easily?

My understanding is the main bottleneck for using Starlink for something like this today, besides the company's willingness to do so, is that the terminals are needed to use the network.

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You might find this[1] interesting. There has been some talk of Starlink providing internet access for aid groups in Palastine.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/musk-says-starlink...

Well, radio is light in a different frequency, so any time you broadcast a radio signal anyone that can see said light can tell where you are. If there's any differentiating characteristics in the signal sent to these satellites vs regular cell towers it can be detected and the location of use easily identified.