TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 年前Donald Trump May 'Turn Off the Internet' if Elected, Former Staffer Sayswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1420file-textcross-posted to: asklemmy@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23·3 年前It was built to survive a nuclear war. It will survive Trump. Even if I have to drive a station wagon full of backup tapes myself.
minus-squarerckclmbr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up24·3 年前There are countries that turn off the internet all the time. There’s a only a few major Telcos that control all backbone infra. It could definitely happen
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 年前External connections? Probably. Low-latency internal connections? Sure. But when you can send IP packets over pigeons things get harder to disrupt. Hence the station wagon.
minus-squareDoc Avid Mornington@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 年前Do you think that’s a realistic way to keep sufficient modern Internet traffic moving?
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 年前No, but it will keep some things moving. Ham radio and mesh networks will help, too.
minus-squareAnarchistsForDemocracy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前once the internet is off the rest of the world will not be witness to the awful crimes they will commit against the public… :/
It was built to survive a nuclear war.
It will survive Trump.
Even if I have to drive a station wagon full of backup tapes myself.
There are countries that turn off the internet all the time. There’s a only a few major Telcos that control all backbone infra. It could definitely happen
External connections? Probably.
Low-latency internal connections? Sure.
But when you can send IP packets over pigeons things get harder to disrupt.
Hence the station wagon.
Do you think that’s a realistic way to keep sufficient modern Internet traffic moving?
No, but it will keep some things moving. Ham radio and mesh networks will help, too.
once the internet is off the rest of the world will not be witness to the awful crimes they will commit against the public… :/