Stuff like this makes me nervous: vox.com/future-perfect/475567/…

Musk is not a good faith operator. My guess is that he's sufficiently opposed to the Iranian regime to not muck with the oppositions comms, but every oppositional use of Starlink is a (hopefully calculated) risk of betrayal.
#politics #Iran #ElonMusk

50,000 clandestine Starlink terminals are keeping Iranians in touch with the rest of the world

Satellites are our only insight into places like Iran and Sudan — and worth protecting. Space traffic can cut us off from the people who need internet connection the most.

^{Shayna Korol (Vox)}