Comment by sharpshadow

Comment by sharpshadow 8 hours ago

If they actually figured out which disablement codes can be tricked or circumvented, they wouldn’t share that. I guess it would all depend on how strict Starlink checks and enforces for unauthorised usage. For a US company operating on this scale I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s between very strict to just the basics or on demand.

A commentator here mentioned that Starlink also works in Russia, which it shouldn’t? Maybe some devices delivered to Ukraine can be used in Russia too.

cyberax 7 hours ago

Not all of Russia, but in Crimea and the occupied parts of Donbas and Luhansk. Apparently, also in some border regions, probably because Starlink hasn't bothered to precisely geofence the border.

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fragmede 7 hours ago

Can you blame them? I think there's some sort of dispute going on as to where that border is, making it hard to do precision geofencing.

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- borski an hour ago
  
  Crimea is Russian-occupied Ukrainian land. There’s not much of a dispute, in that it is exclusively Russia who claims it as part of Russia; Belarus doesn’t count, as it may as well just be a puppet state at this point.
  The rest of the world sees it as Russian-occupied Ukrainian land.
  
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- _joel 6 hours ago
  
  To be fair the 'border' hasn't moved all that much in over 2 years now, save a few fields and ruined hamlets.
  Plus they use starlink of drone boats, so some degree of flexibility is needed.
  
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