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US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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Re: US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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Post by WarOnPrivacy »

leereeves wrote: post #4

> "There are cybersecurity concerns. That's what we're being told." Anyone know what that's about?

> "There are cybersecurity concerns. That's what we're being told."

Let's try to make sense of that.

    1) the cybersecurity talent from DoD and USG is so decimated it can't
    field a response to whatever this concern is or

    2) the DoD has the talent to resolve whatever this concern is and they
    are deliberately leaving this concern in place or

    3) the DoD is lying about a cybersecurity issue being the reason
    that they're withholding lifesaving data (from benefiting
    the public that paid for it).

Re: US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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Post by burnt-resistor »

mason_mpls wrote: post #9
Mobius01 wrote: post #6

Is this an attempt at controlling the narrative around climate change, in line with the impacts at NOAA and other climate-related government agencies?

Don’t look up!

The timing is just, it's atrocious. Okay, at this very moment, I say we sit tight and assess.

Re: US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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Post by alwa »

genter wrote: post #10
Mobius01 wrote: post #6

Is this an attempt at controlling the narrative around climate change, in line with the impacts at NOAA and other climate-related government agencies?

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Accuweather, who also depend on this same USG sensor data for their modeling…

I don’t think anybody wins from this.

See e.g. https://www.accuweather.com/en/press/accuweather-does-not-su...

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