The electronic communications and navigation systems the West depends on are vulnerable to Russian attack.
  • federal reverse@feddit.orgMEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I got a report that this article is paywalled but am not seeing a paywall here. Is anyone having issues?

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I mean, my local server is the backup plan.

    I can game for days without food or water and only need to emerge to forage like once a week.

    Perhaps even visit the local market for fresh memes, but thats it.

  • fubarx@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The moment every hoarder with a home PLEX-server and an overflowing NAS has been waiting for.

  • frazw@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Russian warfare is 90% cyber these days. They troll, hack, spy and attempt to influence elections using the internet. Are they really going to cut off their ability to engage in those activities? It’s like saying they will blow up their own weapons factories if people don’t start catching their bullets.

    • Quittenbrot@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 months ago

      They did waste vast amounts of own men and material when deciding to enter Ukraine to take a quick “short stroll” that somehow now already takes over 900 days. Wouldn’t be the first time they shoot themselves in the foot proper.

  • Melchior@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The EU could also supply Ukraine with weapons, which could destroy Russias entire electricity grid, oil refining capacity, gas network and key pieces of its transport infrastructure. However there is no need to be loud about it, since everybody knows that is true.

  • abbadon420@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Oh no… I can’t do my job without Internet… please don’t do this… /s

    • SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.socialEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Ah jeez that’d be terrible. I’d probably have to stay home because nothing in society would be working. Then to pass the time I’d have to do things like reading the books I’ve been dying for time to read or finally getting to my collection of handheld consoles and emulators.

      Might even have to have a glass of wine to calm my nerves from the stress.

    • xor@infosec.pubEnglish
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      2 months ago

      they’re quite capable of taking out the satellite portion….
      see also: Starfish Prime

      … weird how you just replied to the title of the article without reading it…

      then we have no constraints - even moral - left to prevent us from destroying the ocean floor cable communications of our enemies,

      they’re talking about cutting ocean floor cables…

      and

      In recent months, Russia has been accused of interfering with GPS navigation systems, causing havoc on commercial airline routes. As a result, flights from Helsinki to Tartu, Estonia, ground to a halt for a month in April.

      nothing about nukes.

        • xor@infosec.pubEnglish
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          2 months ago

          undersea cables… the threat was about cutting undersea cables….
          stfu, nobody said the entire internet….

          just read the article before trying to debunk the title….

            • Ibuthyr@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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              2 months ago

              Given Russia’s massive hard-on for spy activities, there is a near 100% chance they have mapped it out completely.

              It still doesn’t matter, as the internet is Russia’s best weapon by far. They’re not going to change that anytime soon.

    • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
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      2 months ago

      They can knock out huge sections. Most of the Middle East was taken offline some years ago with only one cable cut. The old redundant Internet of the Cold War is long gone even within the US. Most of the rest of the world never had redundancy to begin with.

  • Kissaki@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    What degree of aggression against the EU would spur the EU into action?

    Russia already can’t take over Ukraine. It would not be able to fight on more fronts, and certainly not against a strong EU with many more resources to spare.

    Cyberwarfare and individual assassinations, sabotage, and disinformation campaigns were not enough yet. The EU is patient, because there’s nothing to win. But the invasion of Ukraine showed that the EU can suddenly and significantly oppose Russia when certain lines are crossed.

    Surely, it’s in the interest of Russia both as preparation, but in large part to try to unsettle the EU, mainly its citizens. Much like it tried with Nuke warnings. GPS disruptions across borders. Gas and oil cutoffs. Blocking Ukraine food exports. Etc etc.

  • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Well, let them try. It’s unlikely to result in anything more than a temporary disruption and as a result a lot of current shitty practises would need to be improved so I see that as a net positive.