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

  • forty2@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Devil in the details, as with all things he says…

    If we redefined what “turn off” means, and make it more like “no access to internet” the end result of turning off the internet is achieved.

    So far, forcing telcos into action might be the most applicable? They can pick and choose services to disable I assume