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From: Eugene Chang <eugene.chang@ieee.org>
To: Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com>
Cc: Eugene Chang <eugene.chang@alum.mit.edu>, starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: [Starlink] successful drone attack on starlink terminal
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 08:13:07 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7B90FA63-4941-4929-A850-65742AE8E09F@alum.mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d59ac7a9-a41f-4ced-978e-701bb514a11b@gmail.com>

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> On Feb 23, 2024, at 3:23 AM, Alexandre Petrescu via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Le 23/02/2024 à 13:04, Dave Taht via Starlink a écrit :
>> https://twitter.com/Megaconstellati/status/1760996758363029734
>> In general, two can play at this game, and given the low cost and good
>> range, and relative ease of building a sensor for the starlink
>> frequencies, I see starlinks fading from the battlefield. For that
>> matter, nearly every form of electronic communication, be it wifi, or
>> 5G. Fiber or laser will be used instead.
> 
> But laser could be blinded by counter-lasers, fiber could be cut by scissors, etc.
> 
> Measures, counter-measures, counter-counter-measures and so on, equally well on each of these media.
> 
> Alex

The point is some media can be remotely detected and targeted.

Laser is harder to detect than wireless (radio).
Fiber is even harder to be detected remotely.

Gene


> 
>> See also the flipper zero.
>> https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/02/canada-vows-to-ban-flipper-zero-device-in-crackdown-on-car-theft/
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-02-23 18:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-23 12:04 Dave Taht
2024-02-23 13:23 ` Alexandre Petrescu
2024-02-23 13:36   ` Alexandre Petrescu
2024-02-23 18:13   ` Eugene Chang [this message]
2024-02-23 18:31     ` Dave Collier-Brown

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