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Re:Tracking “Dark Ships” with New Satellite Technology by asdfasgasdgasdg on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @12:24PM (#27039345)
Sorry, I should have specified that only illegitimate ships would have a reason for doing it for the purpose of hiding from scrutiny. I do not know all the other reasons why one might do this, but it seems to me based on the content of this article that the set of retroreflector hits less the AIS signatures would yield only illegitimate ships.
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Re:Tracking “Dark Ships” with New Satellite Technology by selfhoster11 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @12:30PM (#27039415)
> Sorry, I should have specified that only illegitimate ships would have a reason for doing it for the purpose of hiding from scrutiny.

That smells of "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear"

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Re:Tracking “Dark Ships” with New Satellite Technology by asdfasgasdgasdg on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @12:34PM (#27039469)
In the case of maritime travel, this is actually the law of the seas, as discussed in the article. Whether it's true or not that you have "nothing to hide", you are not allowed to sail "under the radar". Same as how you are mostly not allowed to fly without a transponder.
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Re:Tracking “Dark Ships” with New Satellite Technology by InitialLastName on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @06:08PM (#27043484)
It's more "a rule the US Navy and its agreeable subsidiaries are happy to enforce by strategic novel shipwreck generation".
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Re:Tracking “Dark Ships” with New Satellite Technology by zsmi on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:30PM (#27040998)
I have very limited experience navigating in water but I would think collision avoidance would be an excellent reason to mandate AIS.
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