▲ 198 ▼ Russia is signaling it could take out the West's internet and GPS. There's no good backup plan. (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by Alteon@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 111 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] eyeon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) would Americans even consider that taking down the internet? It wouldn't impact a US client talking to a US server. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago Thats not how things on the internet work. It would mostly certainly cause many issues for everyone everywhere. Basic functionality might stay working but not everything has a local copy in the US. We depend on things and people from all over the world to keep things running. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago Thats not how things on the internet work. It would mostly certainly cause many issues for everyone everywhere. Basic functionality might stay working but not everything has a local copy in the US. We depend on things and people from all over the world to keep things running. permalink fedilink source parent