slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Only partly. Starlink is a wireless service based on satellites in space rather then 4/5G mobile towers in our local area.
The antennas on people houses shoot signals up the the sats and the sats relay that traffic to the ground stations.
Once the signal is collected by the ground stations it is then carried by fibre to internet exchanges to access the greater internet.
MastKalandar@feddit.online 1 week ago
That means, if l wish to go off grid, l should have nothing that shoots/collects signals of any kind ??
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
if you’re trying to go off-grid in that way, you gotta give up home internet altogether. you’re always trackable by your ISP.
MastKalandar@feddit.online 1 week ago
I carry an ISP even inside my pocket ??
adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
The device in your pocket connects to an ISP, who is also your cellular carrier. And it connects constantly, advertising itself to the local transmission towers, even when the phone is “turned off”. Your ISP/cellular provider always knows where your phone is, unless it’s disconnected from power or out of range.
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Internet Service Provider.
the company you pay for internet can see everything you do online
slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Depends how you define off grid.
MastKalandar@feddit.online 1 week ago
How would you define a grid ??
slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 week ago
A series of usually squares arranged in a pattern. Can sometimes be other shapes like Civilisation games.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Pretty much. If you’re incredibly savvy, paranoid and careful you could get some clean devices and stay anonymous, but that’s really advanced stuff.
The moment you check your emails, or contact more than 0 known associates with it they can start narrowing down who you are based on the profiles they have on basically every person.
For the average person to go off-grid you’re gonna wanna give up basically all tech.