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Oliver Schafeld»European satellites ready to replace Musk’s Starlink in Ukraine, says Eutelsat CEO«<a href="https://tvpworld.com/85711907/european-satellites-ready-to-replace-musks-starlink-in-ukraine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tvpworld.com/85711907/european-satellites-ready-to-replace-musks-starlink-in-ukraine</a>»<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Eutelsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eutelsat</a> offers itself as a replacement for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>«<a href="https://www.heise.de/en/news/Eutelsat-offers-itself-as-a-replacement-for-Starlink-in-Ukraine-10309294.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.heise.de/en/news/Eutelsat-offers-itself-as-a-replacement-for-Starlink-in-Ukraine-10309294.html</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Govt ContractsThe boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by Trump & Elon Musk’s allies & employees who hold <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> positions... <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/spacex-contracts-musk-doge-trump.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/spacex-contracts-musk-doge-trump.html</a>"At NASA, after repeated nudges by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>, the agency is being squeezed to turn its focus to Mars, allowing <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> to pursue federal contracts...And at the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FAA</a> & the White House... <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> satellite dishes have recently been installed"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a>

Steve Thompson PhDUsing Starlink Wi-Fi in the White House Is a Slippery Slope for US Federal IT<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/white-house-starlink-wifi/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/white-house-starlink-wifi/</a> The ad hoc addition to the otherwise tightly controlled White House information environment could create blind spots and security exposures while setting potentially dangerous precedent.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WH</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#press</a>

Church of Jeff<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpRegime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpEconomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tesla</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DumpYourTesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DumpYourTesla</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeslaTakedown</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CyberTruck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CyberTruck</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Twitter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BoringCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoringCompany</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialsecurity</a>

NonilexAt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NASA</a>, after repeated nudges by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>, the agency is being squeezed to turn its focus to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a>, allowing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> to pursue federal contracts to deliver the first humans to the distant planet.And at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FAA</a> & the White House itself, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> satellite dishes have recently been installed, to expand federal government internet access.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government ContractsWithin the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Defense</a> Dept, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> rocketry is being trumpeted as the nifty new way the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a> could move <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> cargo rapidly around the globe.In the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> Dept, SpaceX’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> satellite internet service will now be fully eligible for the federal govt’s $42B rural <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broadband</a> push, after being largely shut out during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> era.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/spacex-contracts-musk-doge-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E7E65CB6-8C02-416C-97B6-4C61119E4373" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/spacex-contracts-musk-doge-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E7E65CB6-8C02-416C-97B6-4C61119E4373</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Director of federal broadband program quits <a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/i/159516805/director-of-federal-broadband-program-quits" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.muskwatch.com/i/159516805/director-of-federal-broadband-program-quits</a>"The director of a massive Dept of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> program to improve <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rural</a> broadband access has quit the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> over concerns that the agency would delay the initiative to lavish <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> with federal funds...Feinman urged the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admn against changing BEAD “to benefit [satellite] <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> that delivers slower speeds at higher costs"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Business</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Starlink at the White House <a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/i/159516805/starlink-at-the-white-house" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.muskwatch.com/i/159516805/starlink-at-the-white-house</a>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a>, a satellite <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a> provider owned by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a>, has been installed on the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteHouse</a> campus...bizarre arrangement that provides no clear <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/technical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technical</a> benefit, as internet speeds from Starlink’s satellites are easily outclassed by its terrestrial competitors. Jake Williams, a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> expert... “It introduces another attack point,” Williams said. “But why introduce that risk?”<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a>

judyendlessWant to further boycott Musk? SpaceX investment summary: • Elon Musk: Founder and CEO, 54% • Founders Fund: 10.4% • Fidelity Investments: 10.2% • Google (Google Ventures): 7.5% • Baillie Gifford and Valor Equity Partners Based on info from Investopedia & Craft.co. Founders Fund = Peter Thiel. SpaceX owns Starlink. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teslaTakedown</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tesla</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#starlink</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spaceX</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonMusk</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️"Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure." <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/waldo.net/post/3lkmo3w3pvk2n" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/waldo.net/post/3lkmo3w3pvk2n</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Doge</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Casual White House Starlink Use Is A <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cybersecurity</a> Nightmare, A Transparency Problem, And A Weird Marketing Stunt <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/19/casual-white-house-starlink-use-is-a-cybersecurity-nightmare-a-transparency-problem-and-a-weird-marketing-stunt/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/19/casual-white-house-starlink-use-is-a-cybersecurity-nightmare-a-transparency-problem-and-a-weird-marketing-stunt/</a>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> is casually integrating <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> systems into the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteHouse</a> telecom network...to have a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/communications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communications</a> backchannel for stuff you don’t want tracked by any sort of White House network logging technologies... there are suggestions the Starlink traffic isn’t encrypted, creating a huge security risk"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Doge</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Frankie ✅Trump plan to fund Musk’s Starlink over fiber called “betrayal” of rural USDirector of $42 billion broadband fund pushed out, says program is being ruined. <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/trump-plan-to-fund-musks-starlink-over-fiber-called-betrayal-of-rural-us/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/trump-plan-to-fund-musks-starlink-over-fiber-called-betrayal-of-rural-us/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOPCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOPCult</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#starlink</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Elon Musk’s Starlink Takes Over the White HouseThe world’s richest man now has control over the internet at the White House. <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192855/elon-musk-white-house-starlink-internet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newrepublic.com/post/192855/elon-musk-white-house-starlink-internet</a>"numerous <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conflicts</a> of interest & <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> issues. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> already collects billions of dollars through his <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> contracts, & controls <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a>. If <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteHouse</a> employees are using the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a> service, he could have access to their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a>... questions as to how secure Starlink’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#network</a> is."<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Security</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Outgoing Commerce Official Shreds Elon Musk’s Starlink in Final EmailAn official working on broadband expansion brutally condemned <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>. <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192819/commerce-official-elon-musk-starlink" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newrepublic.com/post/192819/commerce-official-elon-musk-starlink</a>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> intends to get rich at the expense of rural <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Americans</a>...“Stranding all or part of rural <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a> with worse <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a> so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Feinman wrote"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

TheGentYYCFrom <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tesla</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Twitter</a> to the American government itself, all torpedoing due to the same billionaire weirdo whose only real genius was in convincing others he's a genius. He keeps hemorrhaging money <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> may yet end up the undisputed biggest individual failure in all human history <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/its-a-crisis-top-tesla-investor-wants-musk-gone-13331499" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.sky.com/story/its-a-crisis-top-tesla-investor-wants-musk-gone-13331499</a>

Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴Alphabet's Potential Starlink Rival Becomes Its Own CompanyInstead of orbiting satellites, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Taara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taara</a> deliver through the air using ground-based equipment that beams light.Maybe a safer, more reliable service for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>? Anything'd be better than <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a>. <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/alphabets-potential-starlink-rival-becomes-its-own-company" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.pcmag.com/news/alphabets-potential-starlink-rival-becomes-its-own-company</a>

Dr. John Barentine FRASOdds are that if this holds up it will increase the chances of the full Starlink build out, with all of the known and suspected consequences of that. But also: "'Stranding all or part of rural America with worse Internet so that we can make the world's richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington.'"<a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/trump-plan-to-fund-musks-starlink-over-fiber-called-betrayal-of-rural-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/trump-plan-to-fund-musks-starlink-over-fiber-called-betrayal-of-rural-us</a><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Broadband</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a>

Nonilex…It was…unclear if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> communications were <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/encrypted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#encrypted</a>. At a minimum, the system allows for a network separate from existing WH servers that people on the grounds are able to use, keeping that data separate.“It’s super rare” to install Starlink or another <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a> provider as a replacement for existing govt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infrastructure</a> that has been vetted & secured, said Jake Williams, a VP for R&D at Hunter Strategy, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> consultancy. “I can’t think of a time that I have heard of that.”

Nonilex…The WH is the latest govt property on which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> now operates.In recent weeks, Starlink was also set up at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GSA</a>, which has served as a hub for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>’s government-shrinking efforts…While several <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> contract w/Starlink, the satellite service is typically used to provide internet access in emergency situations & to remote locations — not at federal buildings in DC, which already have ample internet options.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a>

Nonilex…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> WH ofcls said that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> had “donated” the service &…had been vetted by the WH Counsel’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> lawyer. Fmr ofcls were unclear about how such a donation could work. Clare Martorana, fmr chief <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#information</a> officer during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> admin, said typically people cannot simply give <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> to the govt.…The WH’s chief information officer would need to sign off on a new system to ensure it was properly secured, as would the chief information officer at GSA.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a>

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