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Re:So Who Will Build a GPS Backup? on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @11:09AM (#21585087)
LORAN would be easy but it appears the USG doesn't want to fund it. It's still unidirectional and could suffer similar spoofing attacks as GPS, though this seems less likely. This article describes a sort of bi-directional LORAN alternative that would support encryption and uses inexpensive OTS components.
Re:Ask HN: Should Apple buy DuckDuckGo? on Thursday January 03, 2019 @05:01PM (#18819742)
DDG's allure now is its independence. Acquisition by a FAANG would doom it almost immediately.

Stay the course.

Re:We Can Stop Pretending LTE-M Is a Low-Power WAN on Friday September 14, 2018 @10:19AM (#17987349)
BLE was included to demonstrate that the convention for "low power" IoT devices is usually expressed in terms of years (of battery life). This is not saying BLE is a LPWAN, but in the minds of customers the expectation, like for LoRa, Sigfox, or active RFID, low power means years of battery life.
Re:We Can Stop Pretending LTE-M Is a Low-Power WAN on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @10:34PM (#17975504)
How about a LPWAN endpoint with GPS that last 2+ years? Like this: http://bit.ly/2pBcYqp

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