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Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on US bases (arstechnica.com)
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Planet Labs, one of the world’s leading commercial satellite imaging companies, said Friday it is placing a hold on releasing imagery of some parts of the Middle East as a regional war enters its second week.

Planet wants to prevent "adversarial actors" from using images for "Battle Damage Assessment" purposes.

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[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Europe’s record really isn’t very different, but maybe they got it out of their system after ~~WW2~~, ~~India (Britain)~~, ~~Vietnam (France)~~, ~~Argentina (France & Britain)~~ ~~Bosnia~~, ~~most of Africa~~, Kosovo.

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