How Zimbabweans are hiding Starlinks to fool police

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Fake solar panels and streetlight camouflage — Zimbabweans hiding Starlinks to fool police

Zimbabweans desperate for affordable uncapped Internet are disguising Starlink dishes as other general items found in public to avoid police detecting them.

Tech Zim has reported that several Starlink users in the country are camouflaging the service's dishes as solar panels or hiding them in the back of polelights in reaction to raids and confiscation of Starlink equipment by law enforcement officials.
 
Stinkbeaver said:
The kind of ingenuity from people on the African continent is amazing but it will also leave you wondering why the same people always let corrupt leadership get away with massive corruption when they clearly know what's best for them.
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Technically they themselves are breaking the law, so them voting for the lawless does make sense. Also, them being under the control of a dictator also.

Their ingenuity to be criminal is amazing though
 
Corruption and bribery is so massive in Zim it will be impossible for Starlink to ever launch.

Those Gov officials will try get a R1000 bribe out of you to supply a R50 light bulb so someone can see in the dark.

At least South African has something more in common now with Zim...
 
dontcryforme said:
Technically they themselves are breaking the law, so them voting for the lawless does make sense. Also, them being under the control of a dictator also.

Their ingenuity to be criminal is amazing though
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Is this how you think everyday? I was speaking about people on the African continent in general and the fact that we have a lot of smart people but continue to be plagued by issues that seem to be no brainers....the lawlessness and the doctorships you mentioned are a few of those things.
 
Pudding McTwinkle said:
Wow, African leadership is a travesty!
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It just goes to expose Africa for the cesspool of corruption that it is. Nothing to do with colonialism at all, the Internet wasn't even around then.

The Government has no risk from Starlink, and it should serve its people by allowing them connectivity to services - including Gov services. Having a stake and making money off of providing internet connectivity is something Gov should not be involved it at all.
 
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Anthro said:
I propose that the reasoning is way darker.. the Govt cannot monitor / control Starlink so they clamp down..
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You think their Gov can monitor internet usage lol? I doubt they have a hard-disk or system big enough to log the DNS queries for 1 hour.
 
Stinkbeaver said:
Is this how you think everyday? I was speaking about people on the African continent in general and the fact that we have a lot of smart people but continue to be plagued by issues that seem to be no brainers....the lawlessness and the doctorships you mentioned are a few of those things.
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Every day? lol. Every second.
 
Stinkbeaver said:
The kind of ingenuity from people on the African continent is amazing but it will also leave you wondering why the same people always let corrupt leadership get away with massive corruption when they clearly know what's best for them.
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It isn't though, only a minority that are this clever. Same as anywhere else.
 
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