Troy@lemmy.caM to MapleResistance@lemmy.ca · 21 days agoIn a worst case scenario: US Invasion. What device could the US government simply force to stop working in Canada that would cause the most chaos (e.g: brick all iPhones)?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareIn a worst case scenario: US Invasion. What device could the US government simply force to stop working in Canada that would cause the most chaos (e.g: brick all iPhones)?Troy@lemmy.caM to MapleResistance@lemmy.ca · 21 days agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 days agoThey no longer add in inaccuracies to non-us military GPS units. That ended like 20 years ago?
minus-squarececilkorik@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoThat ended because they now have better ways of doing the same thing using technologies on the satellites themselves.
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·20 days agoOh, not inaccuracies. Just portions of the signal only available to the military. The original intent was to limit accuracy, and now it’s more to counter spoofing, but it’s still there, just upgraded.
They no longer add in inaccuracies to non-us military GPS units. That ended like 20 years ago?
That ended because they now have better ways of doing the same thing using technologies on the satellites themselves.
Oh, not inaccuracies. Just portions of the signal only available to the military. The original intent was to limit accuracy, and now it’s more to counter spoofing, but it’s still there, just upgraded.