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[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Read starlink refuses to block it in Brazil, now I'm curious if that gets banned or somehow blocked although I can't imagine how.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The most they can really do is block payments, but even then, plenty of people would have access to foreign currency or bitcoin, so it wouldn't be that effective. Elon's also the kind of guy to start giving it away for free just to piss off Brazil's government more.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They can shut down the ground stations in Brazil, but they can't block the laser links. They could also try to jam the signals, but SpaceX now has years of experience working around jamming in a war zone.

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

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