Iran jammed Starlink during the shutdown, and in doing so stripped away the last illusion that satellite internet is untouchable. Right, so Iran has just jammed Starlink during a nationwide internet shutdown. The Elon Musk unstoppable magic workaround everyone’s been banging on about didn’t work. The satellite didn’t sail above it all. The signal didn’t just “get out”. It got hit like everything else. Iran always manages to find a way. Now some might say that is a sign of Ayatollah nervousness and wanting to shut down dissent, but actually this completely screws the comfortable story such people might have been telling themselves, because it cuts both ways and those weaponising the protests, the Israeli AI, the Mossad agents reportedly on the ground – they get silenced too. Besides, for years now we’ve been assured that blackouts don’t really cou ...