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Internet Takeover in a "National Emergency". Got a Disaster Plan for it?

posted by martyb on Friday January 11 2019, @10:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-would-YOU-do? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Got a contingency plan for men with guns showing up at your cubicle and ordering you to re-route traffic to please the government?

Section 606 of the 1934 Communications Act provides for government takeover of wired and radio communication in the event of war or "other national emergency".

I'm not saying anything will happen in the next few days. Trump's state of emergency might be just talk. It might be limited to its stated purpose. It's rare for actual disasters to happen.

You've got a disaster recovery plan (DRP), though. If it's not in the next few days, a "national emergency" problem might show up sometime down the road. Does your DRP cover it?

It's hard to imagine a technical solution. This may require the company lawyer to prepare a [Layer 8] contingency plan in advance.

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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 12 2019, @02:59AM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 12 2019, @02:59AM (#785356) Journal

    I will hand over the hard drives, containing the dossiers I have prepared on Funky Monkey and all the other leftists on this site and elsewhere. Then, cooperate with the authorities by shutting down the internet. Then, I'll wander down to the latte shop, and watch as all those leftists are loaded aboard the FEMA buses, and the latte shops are boarded up.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday January 12 2019, @03:10AM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday January 12 2019, @03:10AM (#785358) Journal

    Then, I'll wander down to the latte shop, and watch as all those leftists are loaded aboard the FEMA buses, and the latte shops are boarded up.

    You want to be in a latte shop when the latte shops are being boarded up? Maybe you should grab a cooler of beers and a lawn chair like a real American, and watch from across the street.

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    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 12 2019, @03:30AM (1 child)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 12 2019, @03:30AM (#785367) Journal

      rolleyes

      No, I didn't say that I wanted to be inside of the latte shop - I just want to watch as they are boarded up. And, since I'm driving, I'll pass on the beer.