Donald Trump may "turn off the internet" if elected, former staffer says
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Speaking on MSNBC, Miles Taylor, who worked in Trump's administration, outlined the potential threats of a second Trump term.

Sounds silly of course, and it is silly. But I thought it would be interesting to think it through. And with multiple minds.

How do you go about “turning off the internet” for a particular country? Because this is being attributed to Trump, I’m presuming that “turn off the internet” could mean a number of things.

Mess with DNS? Disable infrastructure? Buy out telecom?

Let’s say we’re committed to this task, how do we go about it? Let’s hear the crazy ideas

  • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    All paths lead to the singularity. There is no going back. Every stumbling block can be circumvented. But if he was determined, he’d probably declare war on the undersea cables that transfer the internet between countries, which is so easy to do we’ve had to stop sharks and pistol shrimp from doing it.