Reply to post: Re: Not just software

Should open source sniff the geopolitical wind and ban itself in China and Russia?

Justthefacts Silver badge

Re: Not just software

GPS receivers use relativistic mechanics to calculate precision corrections, and can be used to calculate the paths of missiles. Not just Britain, but also the EU and US, should consider potential mis-use by aggressors, and impose regulatory software restrictions on *civilian* receivers, refusing to indicate position when they detect the altitude higher than 18,000meters and speed 1000knots.

Oh, wait. They do. CoCOM countries are now replaced by the Wassenaar Arrangement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinating_Committee_for_Multilateral_Export_Controls

This applies to Galileo receivers too. And Glonass actually.

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