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"The pattern seems to be that governments that fear mass movements on the street have realized that they might want to be able to shut off all Internet communications in the country, and have started building the infrastructure that enables them to do that," McLaughlin says.
The key to shutting down the Internet is building that infrastructure in such a way that the Internet service is provided by a government-owned company, subject to government orders. You could also have the service providers housed in facilities where the government could shut off the power. Technically, it's not hard.
Originally posted by Wertdagf
reply to post by hawkiye
Do you see a problem with todays culture being able to print out laser weapons and make their own super viruses?
What happens when the food product someone gets sold out of mom and pops truck makes someone seriously ill or kills them?
Originally posted by Frogs
The flaw I see in bitcoin is that it relies on the internet, web, cloud, whatever you want to call it. That can be shut down and or controlled.
Shutdowns Counter The Idea Of A World-Wide Web
"The pattern seems to be that governments that fear mass movements on the street have realized that they might want to be able to shut off all Internet communications in the country, and have started building the infrastructure that enables them to do that," McLaughlin says.
The key to shutting down the Internet is building that infrastructure in such a way that the Internet service is provided by a government-owned company, subject to government orders. You could also have the service providers housed in facilities where the government could shut off the power. Technically, it's not hard.
Lets just say I was an evil overlord worried about bitcoin. Why couldn't I just flip the switch and make it go "poof"?