@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected]English • 7 days agoYou can literally just see where any ship in the world issh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1524
arrow-up1524imageYou can literally just see where any ship in the world issh.itjust.works@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected]English • 7 days agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•7 days agoIs there any concern that pirates will use this tool to find targets?
minus-squareSkull giverlinkfedilink6•7 days agoIt only works for ships that are in range of volunteer-run receivers. Plus it’s not like shipping routes are difficult to guess, you can see them from space if you plot air pollution.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•7 days agoHaven’t been in space for a while now but I’ll check next time I’m around.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 days agoNot concern, certainty. You will see transponders annotated with stuff like armed security onboard all Chinese crew all Muslim crew with armed escort That is sending a message to pirates that they are not the right target, or not worth the fight.
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilink3•7 days agoAnyone can get a cheap ais receiver and plot the positions of ships around you quite easily so it doesn’t really make much of a difference.
Is there any concern that pirates will use this tool to find targets?
It only works for ships that are in range of volunteer-run receivers. Plus it’s not like shipping routes are difficult to guess, you can see them from space if you plot air pollution.
Haven’t been in space for a while now but I’ll check next time I’m around.
Not concern, certainty.
You will see transponders annotated with stuff like
That is sending a message to pirates that they are not the right target, or not worth the fight.
Anyone can get a cheap ais receiver and plot the positions of ships around you quite easily so it doesn’t really make much of a difference.