FCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’.

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• aaron@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And what’s that? I haven’t looked into it but who wants to bet it is starlink?

  And if it is, does America really want to rely on that lol?

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• SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  GLONASS?

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  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Probably E-LORAN. It’s ground based and transmits significantly more power than GPS. That makes it harder to jam, especially over a wide area.

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    • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s a joke, since GLONASS is the Russian system. E-LORAN would be ironic, considering that the U.S. demolished its LORAN infrastructure around 2009. What are the odds that the best backup just happens to be Starlink?

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    • xia@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was going to comment on the +/-8m accuracy being a let-down, but apparently that’s the accuracy of GPS too.

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