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IT News<p>Eulogy for the Satellite Phone - We take it for granted that we almost always have cell service, no matter where yo... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/06/23/eulogy-for-the-satellite-phone/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/06/23/eulogy</span><span class="invisible">-for-the-satellite-phone/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/satellitephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satellitephone</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/originalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>originalart</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/phonehacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonehacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>featured</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/interest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interest</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/inmarsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inmarsat</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iridium</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/satcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satcom</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@stardot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stardot</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@delta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>delta</span></a></span> potentially.</p><ul><li>Tho I do expect some classic mail push/fetch and local mailservers doing caching...</li></ul><p>Just like in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/McMurdo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>McMurdo</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AmundsenScott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmundsenScott</span></a>, cuz <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a> via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TRDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TRDS</span></a> (McMurdo) and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iridium</span></a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SouthPole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthPole</span></a>) is expensive af...</p><ul><li>So expensive in fact that people literally have to <em>"get in line, take a number!"</em> and depending the amount if data and priority of their comms they may be faster just grabbing an SSD, fill it up and send it back with the next plane...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>if I ever were to spend <a href="https://m-cramer.shop/en/satellite-phones/thuraya-phones/thuraya-one/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">4 digits</a> on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Smartphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphone</span></a> it better have something worth the sticker price.</p><ul><li>Like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Thuraya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thuraya</span></a> (or better yet, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Inmarsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inmarsat</span></a> or even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iridium</span></a>) <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SatelliteTelephony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SatelliteTelephony</span></a>...<br></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRi6jp00irs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=wRi6jp00irs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SatelliteTelephony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SatelliteTelephony</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SatelliteTelephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SatelliteTelephone</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a></p>
𝑮7𝑰𝙕𝑼 𝑹𝙍𝑫<p>Satcom Piracy</p><p>Last night I witnessed the HELL mode of communication being used by the pro-Ukraine satellite pirates on 245 MHz. The words read better when the waterfall scrolls up the page, so flipping the image makes it more readable! There was a variety of English and Cyrillic messages which were anti-Putin in nature. </p><p>Hellschreiber mode as a communications tool has been around since 1929 when it was invented by Rudolf Hell in Kiel (Germany).</p><p><a href="https://www.cryptomuseum.com/telex/hell/index.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptomuseum.com/telex/hell/in</span><span class="invisible">dex.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/satcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satcom</span></a> <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/hellschreiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hellschreiber</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cr8r.gg/@kallemp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kallemp</span></a></span> I didn't bother with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LoRa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoRa</span></a> due to it being patented and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meshtastic</span></a> for tending to pollute <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISM</span></a> spectrum.</p><p>Also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CEPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CEPT</span></a> does have data channels on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CB</span></a> radio that are allowed to be used.</p><ul><li>Given the low duty cycle, I'd say it's worth using said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LicensingFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LicensingFree</span></a> channels. Espechally since the only <em>"regulated"</em> part are transmitters and those are just transparent cheap boxes, so <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AFSK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AFSK</span></a> will be fine.</li></ul><p>OFC one could use this across any spectrum or means, ranging from WSJT - moonbouncing at extreme narrowband and high frequences to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UHFSATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UHFSATCOM</span></a> radio piracy. Obviously I disrecommend the latter for legal reasons!</p><ul><li>OFC one could also use it across i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iridium</span></a> and other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a> and regular <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VHF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VHF</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UHF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UHF</span></a> radios or even just print messages as QR-Codes...</li></ul>
Frederic Jacobs<p>The European Union Agency for the Space Program is looking for a Crypto Custodian, implementing and auditing security practices for the Galileo and secure SATCOM programs (GOVSATCOM &amp; IRIS2).</p><p><a href="https://vacancies.euspa.europa.eu/Jobs/VacancyDetails/1806" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vacancies.euspa.europa.eu/Jobs</span><span class="invisible">/VacancyDetails/1806</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KeyManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeyManagement</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alexlunaview" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alexlunaview</span></a></span> aside from higher <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ping</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GSO</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a> works totally fine and they have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> covered well.</p><ul><li>Plus unlike the actively moving <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> Antennas it's way easier to hide and protect a regular offset dish aimed at a fixed position!</li></ul>
John E. Bartley, III (D) K7AAY<p>With Lone Skum potentially pulling the plug on Starlink, <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-to-help-ukraine-replace-musks-starlink/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/eu-to-help</span><span class="invisible">-ukraine-replace-musks-starlink/</span></a> I wonder how long it would take JP Aerospace <a href="http://www.jpaerospace.com/ascender175.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jpaerospace.com/ascender175.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a> to spin off an EU-based corp for high stratospheric comms platforms?</p><p>Surplus heavy freighters (DC-11s, 747s, Airbus Beluga STs, whatever is headed to The Boneyard) could also orbit at about 13 klicks up to serve as relays for a radius of about 480 klicks following Stratovision's model <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovision" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovi</span><span class="invisible">sion</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starlink</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/satcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satcom</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rheinneckar.social/@amayer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>amayer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mastodonmigration</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <em>NOT TRUE</em>!</p><p>The entire CnC systems for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAV</span></a>|s by the US DoD use X-Band for video feeds and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iridium</span></a> for remote control.</p><ul><li>In combat theaters, drones get either controlled by operators on the ground in visual range or get their targets directed by them i.e. via IR Laser Designators (so a Hellfire Rocket can home in!)</li></ul><p>Basically <em>no drone fielded</em> supports <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> even as secondary payload because the angular velocity exceeds Starlink specs on existing terminals.</p><ul><li>Most drones fielded by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> are close-range multicopters that drop mortar rounds vertically into trenches, they don't have any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a>, they barely have a video feed on 5,8 GHz...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mastodonmigration</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> Obviously, all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a> is insecure.</p><ul><li><p>X-Band - based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MILSATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MILSATCOM</span></a> use proprietary encryption systems.</p></li><li><p>The best in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/COTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COTS</span></a> AFAIK is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IridiumPTT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IridiumPTT</span></a> which does <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AES256" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AES256</span></a> over the air (if not the entire <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IridiumNext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IridiumNext</span></a> system except legacy services) but that is a fully-managed solution with custom, embedded hardware.</p></li><li><p>Whereas most commercial satellite Internet is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1tizjuzVzg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">insecure af</a>, tho I'm shure Ukrainians know how to setup their own <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a>!</p></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Issues aside it's now 15 years since I started using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.librem.one/@guardianproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>guardianproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Orbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orbot</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> full-time.</p><ul><li>Not just for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a>, but because it acts as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PerformanceProxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PerformanceProxy</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/throttled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>throttled</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> mobile networks!</li></ul><p>Because in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EDGEland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDGEland</span></a> they yeet users to 64kBit/s if not even lower to 16kBit/s past paid bandwith and instead of properly renegotiating the bandwith, they trottle connections by reducing the packet rate / dropping packets, making it as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/laggy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laggy</span></a> as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GSO</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a> connection! </p><ul><li>On top of that, almost all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MNO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MNO</span></a>|s &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MVNO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MVNO</span></a>|s illegally use RFC1918 Address space, *espechally <code>10.0.0.0/8</code> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CGNAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CGNAT</span></a>, thus bricking <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a>|s and sadly <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> doesn't really give a damn!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> and in fact plants in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> are certified by the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatSec</span></a>-level <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> to be produced there.</p><ul><li>Starting with the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iridium</span></a> 9575A PTT, which is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SatCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SatCom</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SatellitePhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SatellitePhone</span></a> handset!</li></ul><p>Pretty shure the Pentagon loves to have cost overruns when equipping troops with modern comms...</p><ul><li>And that's just the one example I could pull out of my butt without thinking about it...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsMissing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsMissing</span></a>: </p><p>A modern competitor to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OperaMini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperaMini</span></a> with:</p><ul><li>(optional) better <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/compression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compression</span></a>,</li><li>(optional) <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TUI</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TextBrowsing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TextBrowsing</span></a> mode</li><li>choice between different <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proxies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proxies</span></a></li><li>native <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPFS</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Proxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proxy</span></a> Support</li><li>Supporting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> </li><li>Excellent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> features (only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/allowlisted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>allowlisted</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cookies</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> are being accepted!)</li><li>Native <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DarkReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkReader</span></a>-style integration to <em>darkify</em> or otherwise customize the output of the screen (i.e. print Amber / Green on black or Black on White for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eInk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eInk</span></a> displays</li><li>Can be used not just with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/touchscreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>touchscreen</span></a> but also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Keypad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Keypad</span></a> and arrow keys.</li></ul><p>Why?</p><ul><li>Because there needs to be more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> that isn't <em>yet another <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chromium</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fork</span></a></em> </li><li>that is a good middle-ground between <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lynx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lynx</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a>,</li><li>Because <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mozillaofficial" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mozillaofficial</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> is fucking up <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> big time by wasting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> on anything but it as their core product...</li></ul><p>OFC since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opera</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mini</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mini#Privacy_and_security" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">needs a trustworthy proxy backend</a> any <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/clone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clone</span></a>"</em> would need an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a>'d &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a>-capable <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/backend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backend</span></a> (similar to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@ActionRetro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ActionRetro</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrogFind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrogFind</span></a> <a href="http://frogfind.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">.com</a> as it breaks <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a>. </p><ul><li>Otherwise making the Browser just <em>lie</em> by not loading any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Multimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multimedia</span></a> contents like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>images</span></a> unless clicked may be another option chosen if one doesn't have a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Server</span></a> to act as said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CompressionProxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CompressionProxy</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PerformanceProxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PerformanceProxy</span></a> in return...</li></ul><p>Needless to say it would be a godsent for anyone stuck on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EDGEland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDGEland</span></a> and slower speeds (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iridium</span></a>)... </p><ul><li>Sadly building a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> is thousandsfold harder than building a Linux <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a>...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>You use <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_v2_vTogS8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">FrogFind</a> to get online with your vintage computer.</p><p>I use <a href="http://frogfind.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">FrogFind</a> to get online over Iridium and EDGEland-speed throttled mobile networks.</p><ul><li><em>We are not the same!</em></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrogFind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrogFind</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iridium</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EDGEland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDGEland</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/throttled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>throttled</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4G</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>5G</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobileInternet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreNotTheSame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreNotTheSame</span></a></p>
Frederic Jacobs<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRISE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRISE</span></a> consortium won the ~ €10B IRIS² concession contract from the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> for 5G communications from Low and Medium Earth Orbit.</p><p>They will have room on the ~290 satellites for hosted payloads, and are looking for subcontractors and teams to work with them on the precursor satellites.<br><a href="https://www.spacerise.eu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">spacerise.eu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRIS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRIS2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>5G</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SatCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SatCom</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@enmodo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>enmodo</span></a></span> not only is that a bad idea as Starlink - like Iridium is an <em>"Open Skies" network</em> and requires constant <em>Line Of Sight</em> to it's Satellites, but also it can't compete with Fiber in latency, speed and cost besides initial investment but that ROIs quickly.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WShl9z0HjHo&amp;t=51s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=WShl9z0HjH</span><span class="invisible">o&amp;t=51s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSkies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSkies</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Satcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Satcom</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Satellites</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fiber</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTTB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTTH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ROI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InternetAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetAccess</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://appdot.net/@joshuafoust" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>joshuafoust</span></a></span> infavt, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a>, (like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hyperloop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hyperloop</span></a>,) is merely good ad <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FUD</span></a>'ding investments into <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Infrastruvture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infrastruvture</span></a> like (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransport</span></a> and) <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fiber</span></a>, because even cheap-ass equipment cobbled together from <a href="https://fs.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fs.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> can provide cheaper and faster connectivity in most cases by virtue of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTTB</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTTH</span></a> being inherently faster, lower latency and cheaper to maintain...</p><ul><li>Shure installing a fiber line may cost a bit, but like electrical and phone cables, they can be mounted on poles (aka. <em>"aerial cable"</em> amd aside from splicing and bending radii, have not that many concerns attached to them).</li></ul><p>Plus fiber is way more energy-saving, fobust against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RainFade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RainFade</span></a> and doesn't rely on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietary</span></a> &amp; expensive <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a> hardware on the customers' ends...</p><ul><li>Imagine how many kilometers of fiber could've been laid with the same budget, regardless if money, personnel hours or CO2 compared to launching megavonstellations that are so low in their orbits that they barely last years at best...</li></ul>
EUSPA<p>EUSPA is linking GOVSATCOM services with authorised government users📡</p><p>For fire brigades, police, military, coast guard and other authorised users, this pooling of secure <a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/tags/SatCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SatCom</span></a> services means they won’t need to find and book them directly from the service providers – a process that could delay emergency response efforts. By always having some SatCom services reserved for EU Member States, GOVSATCOM reduces the risk of commercial services being unavailable.</p><p>Read more: <a href="https://www.euspa.europa.eu/newsroom/news/govsatcom-eu-secure-satcom-service-hub" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euspa.europa.eu/newsroom/news/</span><span class="invisible">govsatcom-eu-secure-satcom-service-hub</span></a></p>
Frederic Jacobs<p>US NRO satellite from the NEMESIS program made a manoeuvre approaching a satellite used for French army communications, causing unease. </p><p><a href="https://www.intelligenceonline.fr/surveillance--interception/2023/12/18/un-satellite-militaire-francais-espionne-par-le-programme-americain-nemesis,110119605-eve" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">intelligenceonline.fr/surveill</span><span class="invisible">ance--interception/2023/12/18/un-satellite-militaire-francais-espionne-par-le-programme-americain-nemesis,110119605-eve</span></a></p><p>PAN/NEMESIS is a spacecraft eavesdropping other satellites, providing the Office of FORNSAT a ‘site in the sky’ when denied a site on the ground for collection. <a href="https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3095/1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thespacereview.com/article/309</span><span class="invisible">5/1</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SatCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SatCom</span></a></p>
🌪 MikeMathia.com 📡<p>Heads up!<br>Major <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a> outage.<br>4F1 - 143E - APAC <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Inmarsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inmarsat</span></a> seems to be down for both C-Band and L-Band.<br>We have double checked our systems and best we can tell, the classic AERO signal for both bands is just gone.</p>