christofire wrote:
Agreed, but c is finite so is there a degree of compressibility or
expansibility below which faster-than-c communication would be possible? ...
or would the whole principle be scuppered by Lorentz contraction?

Years ago, quantum tunneling was reported to have passed
information at faster than the speed of light. I haven't
heard anything about that lately.
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