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I very much doubt the U.S. would turn off the internet, as doing so would cannibalize the economy. It seems far more likely that the government would mandate a
by zacharypinter 16y ago
I very much doubt the U.S. would turn off the internet, as doing so would cannibalize the economy.
It seems far more likely that the government would mandate an I.D. system to track everything we do online than simply turn everything off.
- ciaogiorno 16y agoAnd IPv6 addresses could provide just that I.D. system. Why aren't companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook lobbying against this? It seems they stand to lose the most is such a thing were used.
- zoomzoom 16y agoIs this true? Is it any different than IPv4? Obviously a permanent static address would have tracking value, but proxies and networking would seem to have equal obfuscation capability...