Re:Myanmar orders wireless internet shutdown until further n...
by wnevets on Thursday April 01, 2021 @05:59PM
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Absolutely. However it still would be nice if it US Government didn't have the legal authority to do so. There is a difference between an internet kill switch controlled and required by the government ala russia and marines storming T-Mobile's HQ. Not to mention the optics matter, even to dictators.
Re:Myanmar orders wireless internet shutdown until further n...
by lostlogin on Thursday April 01, 2021 @05:05PM
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> the CEO of T-mobile would not refuse to switch off mobile networks if half a dozen marines with loaded ARs showed up at his house with an order to do so.
If people with guns threatened me and the way out was to turn off a network, I think I’d do as they ‘asked’.
Re:Myanmar orders wireless internet shutdown until further n...
by throwaway0a5e on Thursday April 01, 2021 @07:49PM
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If I was worried about it I would build a process that didn't have a single point of failure like that.
The Myanmar military’s coup, and the killing of hundreds of protesters, were already illegal.
If the US joint chiefs of staff arrested the president and congress, the CEO of T-mobile would not refuse to switch off mobile networks if half a dozen marines with loaded ARs showed up at his house with an order to do so.