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Stealth Satellite TV Defeats Iran's Internet Blackout (spectrum.ieee.org)
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Satellite TV signals became a hidden pipeline to circumvent Iran's government-imposed internet shutdown, jamming efforts fail to fully block satellite-based data delivery

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[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

there are ways. for example, put a fake hot water barrel on the roof, made from fiberglass or polypropylene or what have you, but not metal, and put dish inside, or in any variety of inconspicuous containers or boxes made from plastic or wood or fabric. some other antennas can be camouflaged as fake chimneys or gutters or water piping or many other things

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Aircraft with millimetre-wave radar could detect them easily. And under a totalitarian regime like Iran, mere possession would be a capital crime.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 hours ago

Could, sure, but I feel like Iran has bigger fish to fry right now.

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

that mmwave radar would have to be attached to a drone, because their manned aircraft are unbelievably obsolete. it means smaller size meaning low resolution, and as starlink emits pinpointing them would be very easy when active, much easier than any passive sat dish, and starlink is still in use. i've seen some advice on hiding starlink that includes turning off starlink wifi and using wired connection, because irgc is looking for 2.4 ghz signal (from ground?) and not for 14-ish ghz uplink, so they probably dont have a lot of flying ew/radars

i'm not saying that iranian air force has definitely none of that, but i would be decently surprised if they do have more than 2