Posts by Lomcovaks 2 publicly visible posts • joined 22 Nov 2017
The accuracy of the GPS signal depends upon a network of global ground relay stations that feeds the satellite signals back to Europe.
Guess what? That crucial network of global relay stations are all situated in British sovereign overseas territories.
Britain firmly has its hand on the weakest link of Galileo and could, should it so wish, set the entire project back by many years.
Why do we only hear one side of this argument, as though the Europeans held all the winning cards?
What is it with these global tech companies? Last year Apple refused to help the security services of a democratically elected government crack the iPhone of a terrorist but now they're on their knees assisting the one party state Chinese government to prevent their citizens having some degree of net privacy. Who's side are they on?
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