TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoDonald Trump May 'Turn Off the Internet' if Elected, Former Staffer Sayswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down146file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down3·7 months agoIt 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.eecakelinkfedilinkarrow-up23·7 months agoThere 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-squareAnarchistsForDemocracy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoonce the internet is off the rest of the world will not be witness to the awful crimes they will commit against the public… :/
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down5·7 months agoExternal 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-up10·7 months agoDo you think that’s a realistic way to keep sufficient modern Internet traffic moving?
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 months agoNo, but it will keep some things moving. Ham radio and mesh networks will help, too.
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
once the internet is off the rest of the world will not be witness to the awful crimes they will commit against the public… :/
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.