An Order of Seven Global Cyber-Guardians Now Hold Keys to the Internet

Imagine they had to hit the kill switch, do you think the people on Twitter would be tweeting what made them hit the kill switch or would they be trending what they done while Twitter was down?

The whole idea of TURNING OFF THE INTERNET is more terrifying than any cataclysmic cyber attack.

Could you imagine the horror of actually having to *gasp* talk to people in person?

Of course it's the children I'd feel sorry for the most. An entire generation that would be struck mute and incapable of interacting with anybody.

All those mute children with blank expressions and fingers twitching spasmodically from muscle memory due to phantom keyboards and cell phones...


Actually, that would be rather amusing to see - switch off the net I say

Perhaps I'm paranoid but I see the greatest danger in the internet being "turned off" to avoid the spread of information considered to be not in the national interest.
I'm thinking a nuclear attack, outbreak of plague in the cities etc plus a civil war or revolutionary situation.
Governments would not want information causing panic in the country or revolutionary groups coordinating their efforts.
Isn't this like the situation in China. The government do not want the general population knowing of anti government movements or ethnic conflicts in the regions in case these things spread to other areas and eventually become a major threat to the state.

smarteyeball said:

The whole idea of TURNING OFF THE INTERNET is more terrifying than any cataclysmic cyber attack.

Could you imagine the horror of actually having to *gasp* talk to people in person?

Of course it's the children I'd feel sorry for the most. An entire generation that would be struck mute and incapable of interacting with anybody.

All those mute children with blank expressions and fingers twitching spasmodically from muscle memory due to phantom keyboards and cell phones...


Actually, that would be rather amusing to see - switch off the net I say

I would pay to see that happen.

My flat mate always says, if they shut down the internet, the whole world would come to a standstill and no one would know what to do. LOL.

Lucky

Hmmm...I'm guessing this is about the time when HAM Radio makes a rather quick comeback

The Keys to the Internet. Each smart card contains
a portions of the DNSSEC root key, which would be
necessary to reboot the Internet as we know it if
connections were severed to stem a cyber attack.
(From http://www.popsci.com/technology/art...now-hold-keys-


June 16 2010 DNSSEC Root KSK Key Ceremony:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6EUd...layer_embedded
(From These Countries Hold the Keys to the Internet)

marsmimar said:

Anybody care to guess what the odds are that the internet would ever be shut down? Seems about as likely as me being able to fly to Saturn in my lifetime as a tourist. Besides, how can anyone be sure there isn't already a second (unused) "parallel" internet?

Because that would just be bad story telling. In the writing world, we call that a cop-out.