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

  • LesserAbe@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Setting aside that making sense of things Trump suggests is pointless: one method would be a blanket order that telecom providers turn off access in a targeted area. I expect in America some portion of people would still figure out how to get connectivity, but cutting off 80% of internet access would still be very disruptive.

    • forty2@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      This is where I was leaning when thinking about it initially. It would almost have to be a non-technical solution. I’m guessing he’s more of an “internet for me, but not for thee” kind of turn-off-the-internet guy so infrastructure and service would need to operate on some level