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A comment on China's GPS 'rival' Beidou. Parent comment

Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou by wbraun on Monday October 22, 2018 @03:02PM (#18277323)
The article talks about how it can be used to send messages but my first thought is that it could allow tracking of receivers. A scary thought if it does achieve widespread adoption.
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Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou by majia on Monday October 22, 2018 @03:25PM (#18277548)
There are two different and independent beidou systems. One is passive and cannot track receivers, and the other is similar to a simple satellite internet.
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