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    From poindexter FORTRAN@700:100/20 to All on Thu Sep 5 12:31:02 2024

    So, some sailors snuck a Starlink internet dish onto the USS Manchester, then created a network with extenders. They didn't hide the network name, instead calling it "STINKY".

    Plus 10 for ingenuity, minus 1000 for operational security. At least mirror an onboard name or hide the SSID, folks!
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  • From shitty@700:100/18 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Sep 5 18:09:14 2024
    So, some sailors snuck a Starlink internet dish onto the USS Manchester, then created a network with extenders. They didn't hide the network
    name, instead calling it "STINKY".

    Plus 10 for ingenuity, minus 1000 for operational security. At least mirror an onboard name or hide the SSID, folks!

    A navy lieutenant was fired for it. How ridiculous is it to ascend all those ranks just to lose it all for some internet access? Some people are really nutes!

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  • From k9zw@700:100/69 to shitty on Fri Sep 6 06:49:33 2024
    On 05 Sep 2024, shitty said the following...

    So, some sailors snuck a Starlink internet dish onto the USS Manchest then created a network with extenders. They didn't hide the network name, instead calling it "STINKY".

    Plus 10 for ingenuity, minus 1000 for operational security. At least mirror an onboard name or hide the SSID, folks!

    A navy lieutenant was fired for it. How ridiculous is it to ascend all those ranks just to lose it all for some internet access? Some people
    are really nutes!

    Was a Navy Command Senior Chief who was courtmartialled over this (very senior enlisted) and about 14 other Navy Chiefs who were taken to the Captain's Mast (ship level punishment).

    The ring leader faked documents and did a lot more than just install a StarLink. The lady minority status of the Command Senior Chief didn't excuse her, and she was busted down to E-7 (people think she got off light compared to the risks and broken trust she created).

    At the time StarLink included "Stinky" as one of its default network IDs.

    Some sources:

    https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/sailors-hid-an-unauthorized-starlink-o n-the-deck-of-a-us-warship-and-lied-about-it/

    https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/09/03/how-navy-chiefs-conspired-t o-get-themselves-illegal-warship-wi-fi/

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  • From shitty@700:100/18 to k9zw on Fri Sep 6 06:48:32 2024
    A navy lieutenant was fired for it. How ridiculous is it to ascend al those ranks just to lose it all for some internet access? Some people are really nutes!

    Was a Navy Command Senior Chief who was courtmartialled over this (very senior enlisted) and about 14 other Navy Chiefs who were taken to the Captain's Mast (ship level punishment).

    I read an article that said "lieutenant" but either way, it's a high ranking officer. I regret it when I hear stories like this though. The navy should have kept it private. It doesn't seem safe to announce it to the world because it makes us look weak, as if Biden weren't doing a good enough job of that already.

    StarLink. The lady minority status of the Command Senior Chief didn't excuse her, and she was busted down to E-7 (people think she got off
    light compared to the risks and broken trust she created).

    That poor lady looks like a man :(

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