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Starshield: Secured satellite network for government entities

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Re: Starshield: Secured satellite network for government entities

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> Starlink already offers unparalleled end-to-end user data encryption. I don't understand this marketing. How would they possibly being doing E2E encryption? This is the wrong layer to be applying encryption at anyway.

Clearly they're using a different definition of end. All wireless and shared-media (DOCSIS, PON) protocols should be encrypted out of respect for customer metadata privacy.

Re: Starshield: Secured satellite network for government entities

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One thing that people miss is the fact that in the event of any type of a "big" war between superpowers satellites are going to be heavily affected and probably one of the first targets. Having something like this, having that kind of speed in deploying new satellites is going to be a superpower to the USA.

Re: Starshield: Secured satellite network for government entities

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This can't be more secure than running encryption over cell right?

> Starshield launches satellites with sensing payloads and delivers processed data directly to the user.

It seems to be more about low cost sensors in space than what consumer-level Starlink is used for.

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