Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company’s Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet, according to an excerpt adapted from Walter Isaacson’s new biography of the eccentric billionaire titled “Elon Musk.”

As Ukrainian submarine drones strapped with explosives approached the Russian fleet, they “lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly,” Isaacson writes.

So Elon Musk has personally interfered with the Ukrainian war effort. Definitely concerning, especially since the USA mistakenly provided so many Starlink terminals to Ukraine.

Ideally, we get the Ukrainians off of Starlink and onto a platform that is truly trustworthy. But it seems like we have some discussions with regards to the newfound pro-Russian asshole billionaire.

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    1 year ago

    If I give you a garden hose to help you put out a fire at your house and then later turn off the tap cause I’m worried I might get some water in my basement, my neighbor isn’t the one who’s the asshole…

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      1 year ago

      You’d be one, but still, sorry for the pun, on your territory in your right. I mean, people here are calling him a traitor.

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        1 year ago

        It is his right, that’s part of the problem. Ukraine has every right to point out he pulled the rug out from under them. I think he’s just a dummy rather than a traitor but if he didn’t want starlink used for military purposes maybe he shouldn’t have given starlink to Ukraine in the first place.

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          1 year ago

          Well, in terms of publicity he is getting that feedback.

          TBF, I’m almost sure things like this happen all the time with a stronger side supporting a weaker side. “We don’t want you to go there”, the weaker side ignores the warning, and something given by the stronger side stops working. Just usually it’s kept confidential.

          Just this time Ukraine apparently can afford to disclose it.