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Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban (Update: Starlink will comply)
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this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2024
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On one hand, fuck Musk. On the other hand, internet from space that can't be blocked by governments is a net positive in my book.
Controlled by governments or controlled by corpos and the super rich? I say there's hardly an improvement.
Yeah, cables or radio waves, it's the same thing in the end.
What we need (IMO) is another layer on top if the classic internet with encryption and hookers.
Like i2p or TOR?
Or Tenfingers (my network protocol for decentralised web pages and data) ofc 😌
This is what IPSec OE was created to solve, but nobody uses it -- instead using things like TLS, which also provides protocol aware non-repudiation.
No, but through the existence of both options, you can get more plurality than by using one individual option.
If we're talking about corporations I can only assume you mean options in how to get fucked.
Government can throw you in jail.
Corporate throws you on the street to starve.
They tried that with me once, but I showed them and got a different job.
You got another one job at the the other starlink?
There's a reason the system requires a certain percentage of unemployment to keep working. There's also a reason there's homeless people and children living in flood security.
Have you heard about this corporation called the church of Latter Day Saints?