Bringing internet via satellite to the most remote corners of the Earth – the Starlink service of the space company SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, makes it possible, even on the high seas. A circumstance that US naval officers wanted to take advantage of. Krone+ about a strange conspiracy about a WLAN called “Stinky”.
Life at sea is full of hardships. While seafarers in the past were likely concerned about food and their health, today it is often the loss of the internet and the resulting lack of contact with family and friends that affects them. This is especially true for members of the navy, whose ships typically have more limited access to the internet than elsewhere in order to preserve bandwidth for military operations and protect the ship and crew from enemy cyberattacks.
However, several senior petty officers aboard the USS Manchester, a U.S. Navy littoral combat ship, were unwilling to give up their “wire” to the outside world. In order to send text messages home, stream movies, or access sports scores during a deployment in the Western Pacific, they conspired, led by Senior Chief Petty Officer Grisel Marrero, to secretly install a Starlink antenna on the ship’s outer deck. On its Wi-Fi network, only you would have access. His name: “Stinky.”
Source: Krone
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