There was a similar incident where they found a sailor on one US Navy ship had their own Starlink terminal because they were broadcasting an SSID. At the end of the day, you can’t fix stupid.

I think this is more of a consequence that the things one buys now aren't only serving their paying customers interest

One of the early successes of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was when they took out a barracks of foreign volunteers because around 40 of them were ex-british soldiers and Russian intelligence linked their phones to historical records collected outside British army bases.

Or maybe they're competent but are trying to change that strange military world telling them "put your foot back on the civilian world"