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Does Germany produce routers? Firmware? Would it be "airgapped" with the U.S. internet? Having Merkel's phone monitored must have been a blow. That said, havi
by GFischer 13y ago
Does Germany produce routers? Firmware? Would it be "airgapped" with the U.S. internet?
Having Merkel's phone monitored must have been a blow.
That said, having a nationally routed Internet makes sense. (edit: article says 90% is already routed nationally)
The article itself says it's not practical, and mostly posturing.
"The only way to change this would be for Germany to require local hosting of websites, a drastic move according to experts that has not yet been pushed by German leaders. Deutsche Telekom declined to say whether it would lobby for such an approach.
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, angered by reports that the U.S. spied on her and other Brazilians, is pushing legislation that would force Google, Facebook and other internet companies to store locally gathered or user-generated data inside the country."
- lazyjones 13y ago> That said, having a nationally routed Internet makes sense. In general, it probably does. But in the case of Germany, it's just plain ridiculous since they have US military and spy bases within their territory (and the politicians who run around like headless chicken currently have been defending those and limiting citizens' rights near them - the bases themselves are US territory, but just showing up nearby gets you in trouble).
- stannol 13y agoI've lived near a US base in Germany all my life (I can actually see the "border" from my house) and I can't think of any way to "get in trouble" by showing up nearby. The only way to get in trouble here is to actually enter the base without permission.
- lazyjones 13y ago> The only way to get in trouble here is to actually enter the base without permission. Try filming, protesting or flying RC drones nearby ...
- walshemj 13y agoNO a balkanised Internet does no one any good except maybe for a big tax payer subsidy to national champions. Also violates the spirit and legal requirements of the EU charter in several ways.
- JonnieCache 13y ago>Does Germany produce routers? Firmware? They have Siemens amongst other companies, so they feasibly could produce all their own routers if needed. They already produce mobile telecoms gear for many (most?) other countries. Doesn't make this proposal any more likely IMO.
- raverbashing 13y agoDon't trust anything built by Siemens. Yes, in both ways (Hanlon's Razor may apply).
- ernesth 13y agoDidn't Siemens sell its mobile subsidiary to taiwanese benq and its network subsidiary to finnish nokia?
- atmosx 13y agoSeriously though producing a router is not a "challenge" for the biggest exporter in the world for the last 20 or so years (surpassed by China recently).