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minus-squareRIotingPacifist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoSatellite internet is not a good option, it’s easy to block and easy to spot people using it. Maintaining links to the global Internet is easier to do if you’re hiding your transmission inside other things, but that’s easier said than done.
minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoIf a nation state cuts off global internet access, satellite is one of the only options. That doesn’t change just because it’s not ideal, or because governments have countermeasures.
Satellite internet is not a good option, it’s easy to block and easy to spot people using it.
Maintaining links to the global Internet is easier to do if you’re hiding your transmission inside other things, but that’s easier said than done.
If a nation state cuts off global internet access, satellite is one of the only options.
That doesn’t change just because it’s not ideal, or because governments have countermeasures.