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hparadizyesterday at 10:22 PM3 repliesview on HN

Suddenly the idea of having a CA hosted in space on a satellite issuing certs seems like a good idea.


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eqvinoxyesterday at 11:50 PM

You're assuming that satellites are exterritorial. They aren't, they're ab initio the launching state's property and responsibility, barring other agreements to transfer them - and getting one out into a "legal void" isn't going to be trivial.

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vova_hn2today at 12:03 AM

A ship in international waters with satellite internet connection would be much cheaper, except it runs into the same problems as described by the sibling comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48469397

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throw-the-towelyesterday at 10:26 PM

New startup idea: Starlink for TLS.