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Does anyone think this could happen on a larger scale? With the decentralization of DNS upon us, is it possible for a region to be cut off?
by Overtonwindow 10y ago
Does anyone think this could happen on a larger scale? With the decentralization of DNS upon us, is it possible for a region to be cut off?
- MichaelBurge 10y agoIt's not only possible, but easy isn't it? Couldn't they just cut the cables leaving the country? The article mentions they targeted primarily mobile communications. Well, a quick Google search for a map shows only a couple dozen cell phone towers in Ethiopia, so it's not hard to seize them all. And China shows that it is perfectly capable of controlling internet access for a billion people.
- tefo-mohapi 10y agoAlready under 10 countries have shut down the internet in africa around election time. It is very possible