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.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 12 2019, @04:50AM (1 child)
They go through the banking system instead. [twitter.com]
And somebody sure as shit ordered the shutdown of the news sites that reported on Gamergate. Bulletproof hosts that allow warez, spam, and kiddee porn wouldn't tolerate a gamer news site reporting on a business corruption scandal. Some of the first things anons found when they started looking into it were links to DARPA, IARPA, and the education system. Zoe was represented by Robert Mueller's law firm. Governments had to have been involved in that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 12 2019, @10:31PM
"And somebody sure as shit ordered the shutdown of the news sites that reported on Gamergate."
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