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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?
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

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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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
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...