Internet is rather fragile if Tier 1 operators would start messing with it.
There is rather large amount of hand craft on the deeper levels... Just stop handful of entities from routing traffic and you can kill the internet... Or at least make it unbearably slow...
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That's kind of scary, knowing they could just shut it all off at a moments notice. I doubt they ever would except in an extreme situation because without the internet the whole country would basically freeze.
have you watched Terminator 3? Skynet spread over the internet, infecting millions of computer... Neah "killing" the internet isn't that EZ, at least i hope so.
We'll still have TOR, we'll still have Bitcoin, we'll still have eachother.
That kill switch is really only a decentralize-everything-switch.
That kill switch is really only a decentralize-everything-switch.
Of course, plus if the internet dies, you still have your bitcoins. Connecting to the internet will not be easy but it won't be impossible either.
If you're an early adopter you can just move to another country and finance your move with Bitcoins.
If someone tried to kill the internet there would be a revolution in the US. Everyone would be pissed.
well the problem is that if the internet went down, the price for BTC would completely crash as fewer people would believe in it or have access to it.
We'll still have TOR, we'll still have Bitcoin, we'll still have eachother.
That kill switch is really only a decentralize-everything-switch.
That kill switch is really only a decentralize-everything-switch.
Of course, plus if the internet dies, you still have your bitcoins. Connecting to the internet will not be easy but it won't be impossible either.
If you're an early adopter you can just move to another country and finance your move with Bitcoins.
If someone tried to kill the internet there would be a revolution in the US. Everyone would be pissed.
We'll still have TOR, we'll still have Bitcoin, we'll still have eachother.
That kill switch is really only a decentralize-everything-switch.
That kill switch is really only a decentralize-everything-switch.
No you won't, not over the internet you won't, and no it isn't.
The internet is made up of lots of wires. The way to get access to it is organised. YOu can't use it without an ISP company. ISP compnay get their operating licence from the government. They get access to the network from the government. The main trunk of wires that carry the big bandwidth are leased out to maintenance companies by the government.
So, basically, via several layers of stratification, the government owns the wires that make up the internet we all use.
Let's make our own internet. All we need is a bunch of wires.
We'll still have TOR, we'll still have Bitcoin, we'll still have eachother.
That kill switch is really only a decentralize-everything-switch.
That kill switch is really only a decentralize-everything-switch.
As far as I know American military created the internet,
so they already have all kinds of kill and spy switches.
This is just an attempt to legalize it.
so they already have all kinds of kill and spy switches.
This is just an attempt to legalize it.
So what do you all think of this little tidbit?
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must disclose its plans for a so-called Internet 'kill switch,' a federal court ruled on Tuesday. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the agency's arguments that its protocols surrounding an Internet kill switch were exempt from public disclosure and ordered the agency to release the records in 30 days. However, the court left the door open for the agency to appeal the ruling."
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must disclose its plans for a so-called Internet 'kill switch,' a federal court ruled on Tuesday. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the agency's arguments that its protocols surrounding an Internet kill switch were exempt from public disclosure and ordered the agency to release the records in 30 days. However, the court left the door open for the agency to appeal the ruling."
This really does worry me. First I think we should all try to understand "the internet", then we can use our minds to solve the issue.
Mesh Networks.
No one's killing the internet man. We always have rock solid Russian servers if US ever misbehaves.
So what do you all think of this little tidbit?
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must disclose its plans for a so-called Internet 'kill switch,' a federal court ruled on Tuesday. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the agency's arguments that its protocols surrounding an Internet kill switch were exempt from public disclosure and ordered the agency to release the records in 30 days. However, the court left the door open for the agency to appeal the ruling."
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must disclose its plans for a so-called Internet 'kill switch,' a federal court ruled on Tuesday. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the agency's arguments that its protocols surrounding an Internet kill switch were exempt from public disclosure and ordered the agency to release the records in 30 days. However, the court left the door open for the agency to appeal the ruling."
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