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Global navigation jamming will only get worse. The U.S. needs to move fast - SpaceNews (spacenews.com)
submitted 9 months ago by yokonzo to c/technology
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Interesting implications, perhaps the global positioning system is not as infallible as we thought

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[–] thequantumcog 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I live in one of the mentioned countries and I use GPS daily. I have never experienced this problem. Maybe a problem in other areas/countries.

[–] yokonzo 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It might be localized to a certain province maybe? Do you remember reading any local news about outages or anything like that?

[–] thequantumcog 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nothing in the news too

[–] yokonzo 2 points 9 months ago

Huh, maybe the article is just exaggerating a bit. Still, it's concerning to know that gps jamming technologies even exist, if not a bit expected