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FCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’ (read: multi billion contract with Musk) (www.theverge.com)
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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

technically, originally the GPS system was private, until made public, where it had error obfuscation, until semi recently it was released fully.

It was originally funded by the US government, still is, it's just publicly accessible now.

(the original usecase being for shit like ICBMs and what not, obviously)

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

The one thing I miss from the TomTom era is I can't have Brian Blessed give me directions anymore.