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Elon Musk's Starlink black-market trade is growing fast - also in South Africa

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Starlink delivers broadband internet beamed down from a network of roughly 5 500 satellites that SpaceX started deploying in 2019. With some 2.6 million customers already, Starlink has the potential to become a major moneymaker for SpaceX. But given the security concerns around a private American company controlling internet service, SpaceX first needs to strike agreements with governments in each territory.

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Elon Musk's Starlink black-market trade is growing fast - also in South Africa

The sheer availability of Starlink on the black market suggests that its misuse is a systemic global problem, raising questions about the company’s control of a system with clear national security dimensions.

1 month ago·South Africa

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