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Re:Ask HN: How Belarus can keep connected despite internet b... by pulse7 on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @09:20AM (#24131777)
"...will also disrupt operations level communication between KGB, police and presidential security units..." Unless they have dedicated, completely separate communication lines for the security, army and the president...
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Re:Ask HN: How Belarus can keep connected despite internet b... by varjag on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @09:41AM (#24131970)
The military uses it's own relay network, and will of course be largely unaffected. The military was also least involved in the crackdown, with an attempt to involve paratroops in Brest two nights ago. The response was apathetic and they didn't leave their trucks.

Police and KGB use packet switching network at levels beyond tactical, and it piggybacks on civilian infrastructure.

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Re:Ask HN: How Belarus can keep connected despite internet b... by selectodude on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @09:39AM (#24131953)
Moscow built an entirely second subway deep under the first for government use only so this isn’t at all out of the ordinary.
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Re:Ask HN: How Belarus can keep connected despite internet b... by gambiting on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @09:50AM (#24132059)
Isn't the D6 system a myth made up for Metro 2033? Or at least never really confirmed?
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Re:Ask HN: How Belarus can keep connected despite internet b... by selectodude on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @10:04AM (#24132166)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-2
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Re:Ask HN: How Belarus can keep connected despite internet b... by andai on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @10:05AM (#24132173)
Tell me, if it is true they do not exist, how can it be that I have eaten one?

Alleged photos of D6: https://web.archive.org/web/20150609013409/http://vk.com/alb...

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Re:Ask HN: How Belarus can keep connected despite internet b... by londons_explore on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @09:39AM (#24131955)
Which I doubt. It'll all be done by the lowest bidder the easiest way... Which is insecure VoIP over the public internet.
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