Navy officer lost job for secretly installing internet on warship to check social media

Good that’s a severe risk she* put everyone and the ship in. It was 17 officers in total and they attempted cover up

First off, not an officer, a high ranking enlisted(E-8) personal was the culprit.

Second, she was a Information systems technician. She literally dealt with making sure communication was safe and secure.

I know congress has to be involved to knock her down below E-7 but they need to get on that.

How the fuck did she think this was anything close to a good idea?! This shows a profound lack of good judgement, and a huge failure of both respect for her job and for the safety of the crew.

Chiefs are enlisted, not officers. C'mon, AP, this is like day one stuff. Despite the name "petty officer" and term "non-commissioned officer", there's no such thing as an "enlisted officer".

Also, "stinky" was the default SSID on Starlink, not a secret code word they came up with.

There's a much bigger story here.
Think about how hard it was to discover this access point. Even after it was reported and there was a known wi-fi network and the access point was known to be on a single ship, it took the Navy months to find it.

Starlink devices are cheap and it will be nearly impossible to detect them at scale. That means that anyone can get around censors. If the user turns off wi-fi, they'll be nearly impossible to detect. If they leave wi-fi on in an area with a lot of wi-fi networks it will also be nearly impossible to detect. A random farmer could have Starlink in their hut. A dissident (of any nation) could hide the dish behind their toilet.

As competing networks are launched, users will be able to choose from the least restricted network for any given topic.

I'd be curious to see the dish install. It's hard to imagine how someone would think it'd go unnoticed, on a warship, no less.

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Serious question: Was this actually a likely or possible security risk?

When they say "lost her job", does that mean a dishonorable discharge?

How she did get it from Big Ben?

Marrero's official Navy profile is still up as of right now. Everything is peachy keen! []https://www.surfpac.navy.mil/Leaders/Biography/Article/3152697/cmdcs-swexwiwaw-grisel-marrero/ EDIT: fixed link

I'm wondering how wifi worked at all. Aren't navy ships like pure steel? How did the wifi signal get through all that?

"...the littoral combat ship..."

I don't know what this is. But it sounds like the ship should be "manned" by women.