The most unethical thing I was asked to build while working at Twitter

Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by 8n4vidtmkvmk on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @01:17AM (#33516401)

is this still true tho? can't they just stick a big telescope lens on a satellite and get pretty detailed imagery?

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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by leereeves on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @03:40AM (#33517182)

There are fundamental limits due to the laws of physics, beyond which the only way to get a better image is to get closer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction-limited_system

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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by orbifold on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @03:43AM (#33517201)

You can and there were / are 7-8 Hubble sized telescopes in orbit, with somewhat other optics and sensors looking in the other direction. Most likely the same is true for siblings of JWT.

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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by randomswede on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @03:52AM (#33517263)

There is a whole lot of pesky athmospheric interference limiting how much detail you can actually resolve.

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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by kragen on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @10:18AM (#33519900)

You can, and satellite optics typically are a lot bigger than aerial photography optics, but the wavelength of light and the sizes of satellites you can afford to launch still impose a practical limit. For US companies, laws impose another limit.

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