Interesting blog post about what is happening to HAMs in Belarus

  • CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 days ago

    Fucking insane, and very sad.

    I recall that during the cold war, US intelligence agencies were worried that American hams might be sending secrets to amateurs in the USSR. They commissioned some report and the findings were basically “The only thing these nerds talk about are signal reports and radio equipment”.

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      Step 1. Buy PC
      Step 2. Connect to Internet
      Step 3. Open terminal
      Step 4. Ping, speed test, trace route, and cURL all day to see if you’re still connected
      Step 5. Join a community and ask other users what equipment they’re using to ping, speed test, trace route, and cURL