What we found
Starlink Standard Kit Gen 3: DStarlink started using your internet usage data to train AI without asking permission.
In January 2026, Starlink quietly updated its Global Privacy Policy to add that customer information may be used for "training our machine learning or artificial intelligence models." The opt-out requires users to manually navigate to Settings > Edit Profile and uncheck a pre-checked box. For the estimated 4+ million subscribers — many in rural areas with no alternative broadband provider — this is an effective captive-audience data grab that was enacted without explicit notification or consent.
Viasat Residential Broadband: DAn hour before tanks rolled into Ukraine, Russian hackers used a single misconfigured VPN to permanently brick 45,000 Viasat modems across Europe — knocking ...
One hour before Russia invaded Ukraine, GRU hackers exploited a misconfigured VPN to deploy AcidRain wiper malware that permanently disabled 45,000 modems across Europe. 9,000 French subscribers lost internet. 5,800 German wind turbines lost monitoring. Ukraine military comms disrupted. Attributed to Russia by US, EU, UK.
Project Kuiper: CAmazon already has your shopping data, your voice (Alexa), your doorbell (Ring), and your viewing habits (Prime Video).
Project Kuiper is part of Amazon's ecosystem — the same company that operates AWS, Ring, Alexa, Prime, and the largest e-commerce platform on Earth. Satellite internet gives Amazon control of the connection itself, not just the services running on it. Combined with Ring (cameras), Alexa (voice), Prime (shopping), and AWS (cloud), Amazon would control a vertical stack from orbital infrastructure to your shopping cart.
OneWeb LEO: COneWeb is partly government-owned — the UK bailed it out in 2020 and kept special voting rights — and operates under the UK Investigatory Powers Act, meaning...
UK government holds special voting rights following 2020 bailout. Registered as UK Data Controller under IPA jurisdiction. Markets sovereign-grade connectivity to government and defence clients on same infrastructure as civilian traffic.