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Mildly Interesting

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You can literally just see where any ship in the world is (sh.itjust.works)
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I'm sure this is not a new thing, but I just found out about it, and I think it's pretty neat!

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Is there any concern that pirates will use this tool to find targets?

[–] zpiritual@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 2 days ago

Not 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.