▲ 351 ▼ Donald Trump may "turn off the internet" if elected, former staffer says (www.newsweek.com) submitted 2 years ago by HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ashok36@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right? No internet means no economy. Even the simplest daily things like getting gas require an internet connection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheLurker@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Literally every part of critical infrastructure has been connected to the internet. No internet means no water, electricity, emergency services, financial services, waste management... It's the digital rod for our modern back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Most of those emergency services have fall-backs for loss of connectivity. A lot of cases you need people manning consoles that are usually remote. Financial services are probably hardest hit. They still have a lot of private networks to keep themselves up say if they just iced DNS. But yeah, if they just proclaim no network anywhere financial would be doa. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheLurker@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Literally every part of critical infrastructure has been connected to the internet. No internet means no water, electricity, emergency services, financial services, waste management... It's the digital rod for our modern back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Most of those emergency services have fall-backs for loss of connectivity. A lot of cases you need people manning consoles that are usually remote. Financial services are probably hardest hit. They still have a lot of private networks to keep themselves up say if they just iced DNS. But yeah, if they just proclaim no network anywhere financial would be doa. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Most of those emergency services have fall-backs for loss of connectivity. A lot of cases you need people manning consoles that are usually remote. Financial services are probably hardest hit. They still have a lot of private networks to keep themselves up say if they just iced DNS. But yeah, if they just proclaim no network anywhere financial would be doa. permalink fedilink source parent