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Musk's SpaceX is building spy satellite network for US intelligence agency, sources say (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Guys I just had a wild thought

What if... SpaceX's Starlink... is the spy satellite network?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

What if our phones were a global spy tool of surveillance capitalism?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

it's kind of a no-brainer really
can they? yes. would they? yes. so will they? probably.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Every single ISP in the world is collecting every little bit of useful data they can and providing it to local intelligence agencies. Even if not, it's safe to assume they do. There's no reason to believe anything less for starlink.