Tex. hack may be first disruption of U.S. water system by Russia (opens in new tab)

(washingtonpost.com)

3 pointsscentoni2y ago5 comments

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And why don't we simply cut Russia off from the internet? I'm constantly amazed at how we permit pervasive comprehensive attacks from other countries without a peep.

dimitrisnl2y ago

Why does US, the largest country, not simply eat the others?

protomolecule2y ago

Because you can't. You are welcome to cut off yourself from the internet, this way you'll be totally safe.

JoeAltmaier2y ago

Really? We can't filter certain traffic at the point of entry? That seems unlikely.

protomolecule2y ago

You can. As I said, you welcome to cut off yourself from the internet completely.

You can't filter traffic at the nodes that don't belong to you.

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5 comments

JoeAltmaier2y ago

And why don't we simply cut Russia off from the internet? I'm constantly amazed at how we permit pervasive comprehensive attacks from other countries without a peep.

dimitrisnl2y ago

Why does US, the largest country, not simply eat the others?

protomolecule2y ago

Because you can't. You are welcome to cut off yourself from the internet, this way you'll be totally safe.

JoeAltmaier2y ago

Really? We can't filter certain traffic at the point of entry? That seems unlikely.

protomolecule2y ago

You can. As I said, you welcome to cut off yourself from the internet completely.

You can't filter traffic at the nodes that don't belong to you.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse