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The public would still use internet applications, like Facebook. They just wouldn't be able to use the web any more.
by wizzwizz4 5y ago
The public would still use internet applications, like Facebook. They just wouldn't be able to use the web any more.
- mitigating 5y agoApps use hostsnames 99% of the time.
- toast0 5y agoI don't think Facebook's apps work when there's no access to DNS. At least it didn't seem like it when I was working to keep that capability for WhatsApp as it moved into FB datacenters. I don't think very many other applications will work without DNS either, although I never did much competitive testing.
- xrisk 5y agoTelegram does AFAIK.
- wizzwizz4 5y agoFacebook could (relatively) easily modify their system to do its own IP handling; they probably have enough money to rebuild the entire stack.
- toast0 5y agoSure, they could, but at least while I was there, there was no interest in doing it, and amazement than anyone else would want to (and push back on declaring at least a handful of IPs as stably allocated enough to be included in app downloads).