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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by AYBABTME on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @11:05PM (#29493699)
The same exists elsewhere, in South Korea that I know of. Bridges and dams disappear or move on maps, Google Maps doesn't have high res sat pictures, etc. Just to say, it's not great IMO but not only totalitarian states have a need for such obfuscation; healthy democracies too.
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by skinkestek on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:59AM (#29494649)
> Bridges and dams disappear or move on maps, Google Maps doesn't have high res sat pictures, etc.

Not defending what I see as childish China the slightest, but one should be aware that even the best democracies don't necessarily publish entirely correct maps, and it is on purpose ;-)

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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by thatcat on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @11:48PM (#29493927)
what is the need that justifies this exactly?
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by More-nitors on Thursday December 09, 2021 @12:11AM (#29494056)
missiles and artillery

can't remote-boom-boom if you can't know where they are

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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by TaylorAlexander on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:18AM (#29494418)
Perfect for those apple-maps guided bombs.
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by ComodoHacker on Thursday December 09, 2021 @02:57AM (#29494936)
In a recent Donbass conflict, there were reports of Ukrainian military and militia using specially tailored Android apps with OSM data as base layers.
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by Veen on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:11AM (#29495706)
If you can get perfect coordinates from Apple Maps and your missiles have GPS, you're good to boom. It's not as though the missiles have an iPhone inside them.
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by ad404b8a372f2b9 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:37AM (#29495888)
But if your missiles have GPS surely you have satellites to get the coordinates yourself?
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by Veen on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:45AM (#29495953)
I don't think that follows. GPS access is universal; accurate mapping data is not. These rules are an attempt to ensure that precise coordinates for key targets are not available to anyone with a satnav system or smartphone.
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by wolverine876 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @12:58AM (#29494313)
North Korea won't think to look at other maps?
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by necovek on Thursday December 09, 2021 @03:11AM (#29495022)
Of course not! They choose their targets using Google Maps: nobody was ever fired for using Google Maps! :D
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by More-nitors on Thursday December 09, 2021 @09:08AM (#29497472)
> nobody was ever fired for

hm that means 2 things there...

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