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RossBencinayesterday at 2:50 AM2 repliesview on HN

> fibre connections to other sites that are hopefully out of range of the jamming.

I guess it's not inconceivable that eventually there's a global clock network using a White-Rabbit-like protocol over dedicated fibre. But if you have to worry about GPS jamming you probably have to worry about undersea cable cutting too.


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throw0101cyesterday at 3:16 PM

> But if you have to worry about GPS jamming you probably have to worry about undersea cable cutting too.

GPS jamming can be done by a random truck driver:

* https://www.cnet.com/culture/truck-driver-has-gps-jammer-acc...

Cutting cables at the bottom of the sea is an entire different class of attack (anchors notwithstanding).

namibjyesterday at 4:41 AM

Good thing cesium fountains are very accurate then...