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Re:Department of Defense and Department of Commerce to Devel... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @09:57AM (#25747691)
Is that because military-purpose communications is insecure over 4G, or because modern smartphones, full of adtech malware, make it all to easy to leak your location by accident?
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Re:Department of Defense and Department of Commerce to Devel... by Jtsummers on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:25AM (#25748037)
It's a variety of factors. Information leaking is one, but a big one is the lack of control. DoD does not control any significant part of the present cellular network, so it might be useful but it oughtn't be part of your critical systems.
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