Musk is a cancer on humanity.
It can be both - a terrible amoral system that concentrates wealth to the point that major world events are driven by wildcard personalities of rich idiots. And then, the rich idiots themselves.
I don’t think Musk is the rogue element people think he is. I think he’s as integral a part of the US military-industrial complex as any other US tech billionaire, no different from say Peter Thiel or Eric Schmidt.
I presume that by them you mean the Russian state. This sounds like BlueAnonsense.
Have you considered that the NSA likely has full access to everything that happens on Starlink?
They do not. At best, they have the metadata which would let them ID the location of anyone using it, but that is a whole different thing to view the traffic.
The ability to communicate over vast distances is WAY too big of a boon to give to russia… Encryption and ciphers can be added ontop of the connection. Ever heard of a VPN…?
Russia cannot be given StarLink.
The United States.
Of course, you could also argue that Musk is a traitor to all rational creatures everywhere, and that his existence is an act of blasphemy against all that is good and moral in the world, but that’s a separate issue.
He’s not an elected official and AFAIK doing business with Russia would be a sanctions violation which does not equate treason.
He’s just doing what the system allows for rich assholes to do.
He is a traitor to humanity, he sells himself for money and power while shitting democracy, human rights, freedom. And yes, fuck Putin, Putin is the worst humanity has to offer, murder, lack of freedom,…
Yeah well by that logic the majority of the leaders of the world are traitors to humanity.
I mean, I’m not a Musk fan in the least, but the article does say that the receivers are being sold through an intermediary in Dubai, perhaps unbeknownst to Musk and SpaceX.
Because of how starlink works, they have to aim satellites specifically at areas for data to flow. They have the ability to turn regions on and off (ie, satellites over China).
They know exactly where the transceivers are and based on movement patterns, probably which side they are on.
Unless he is feeding that position data to the Ukrainian military, he knows exactly who is using them and letting it happen. He didnt sell them the dishes, but he lets them be used.
Are you saying there is no authentication whatsoever to use it and anyone with the receiver in Ukraine can just use it?
I am waiting to find out he violated ITAR.
I wonder if he will shut them down to preserve lives.
