Flicking the kill switch: governments embrace internet shutdowns

Re:Flicking the kill switch: governments embrace internet sh... by mikepurvis on Friday September 02, 2022 @11:36AM (#32692030)

Do they need line of sight? I assume the dish would still work with some kind of blanket or plastic shroud over it, provided it was kept in the acceptable temperature range.

Or even just being painted to camouflage into the roof it was mounted to.

There'd be reasonable aesthetic reasons to do these things, from a deniability standpoint. Though I guess that doesn't help if you're under a regime where accessing an unauthorized satellite service is straight up banned.

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Re:Flicking the kill switch: governments embrace internet sh... by RegnisGnaw on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:01PM (#32692371)

The countries mentioned in the article pretty much falls into the 'we can do whatever we want with you' category. Russia, Myanmar, Sudan, etc. There is no deniability standpoint.

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Re:Flicking the kill switch: governments embrace internet sh... by Melatonic on Friday September 02, 2022 @01:16PM (#32693272)

Yea I imagine there is a fairly easy solution to this problem. And if there is not - I guarantee you creative people in India are going to figure it out!

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Re:Flicking the kill switch: governments embrace internet sh... by wizofaus on Friday September 02, 2022 @03:40PM (#32694956)

But there's no solution to the problem of people voting in governments that think frequent internet shutdowns are OK?

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