@georgetakei A serious question is "how did Musk know...

@georgetakei A serious question is "how did Musk know they were launching an attack"? Does he actually hire spies to report on the Ukranian military? If so, that might be a violation of US law and certainly would be a violation of Ukranian law.

Like 7 Sep 2023 at 16:27 | Wall-to-wall | Open on masto.ai

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Imre

@ErisCaffee @georgetakei
Ukrainian military was using Starlink which means that Musk knew what they were doing/saying. No need for spies.

7 Sep 2023 at 22:46 | Open on mstdn.ca

Eris :trans:

@Ferencz @georgetakei
Not quite. Starlink engineers can certainly intercept data sent on their network. That doesn't make it legal to do so. It also doesn't mean it's feasible since I'd bet the UA military uses strong encryption. The simplest explanation is simply that someone in the UA military told him about the attack.

8 Sep 2023 at 0:17 | Open on masto.ai

Imre

@ErisCaffee @georgetakei
Lots of possible info leaks. I assume the entire UA military had access to Starlinks.
To paraphrase a saying…… loose lips sink drones.

8 Sep 2023 at 3:05 | Open on mstdn.ca

UrbanEdm

@ErisCaffee @Ferencz @georgetakei Starlink wouldn't need to know the contents of the packets, since the drones themselves are connected to Starlink (otherwise disabling the system wouldn't matter.)

So they know where the transmitter is. And if they see a cluster of transmitters moving towards the coast of Crimea, it doesn't take a genius to figure out what they are.

8 Sep 2023 at 3:23 | Open on mstdn.ca

Eris :trans:

@UrbanEdm
That's a good point, though that would still probably constitute spying under Ukrainian law.

8 Sep 2023 at 3:25 | Open on masto.ai

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