tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981669.post5037961725970113653..comments2024-03-23T10:55:30.196-05:00Comments on Cold Fusion Guy: How Egypt Killed the InternetJim Peethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649414726939918803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981669.post-27899872154452828462011-02-15T22:24:23.280-06:002011-02-15T22:24:23.280-06:00More on: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Inte...More on: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/technology/16internet.htm" rel="nofollow">Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet</a><br /><br /><i>Interviews with many of those engineers, as well as an examination of data collected around the world during the blackout, indicate that the government exploited a devastating combination of vulnerabilities in the national infrastructure.<br /><br />For all the Internet’s vaunted connectivity, the Egyptian government commanded powerful instruments of control: it owns the pipelines that carry information across the country and out into the world.<br /><br />Internet experts say similar arrangements are more common in authoritarian countries than is generally recognized. In Syria, for example, the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment dominates the infrastructure, and the bulk of the international traffic flows through a single pipeline to Cyprus. Jordan, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries have the same sort of dominant, state-controlled carrier. </i>Jim Peethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649414726939918803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981669.post-7316718671876652512011-01-30T11:04:08.187-06:002011-01-30T11:04:08.187-06:00Where are The Pirate Bay and Anonymous when we nee...Where are The Pirate Bay and Anonymous when we need them?<br /><br />I had wondered if people there would start to use HAM radios for communication.<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/29/anonymous-internet-egypt_n_815889.htmlDaniel Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929486581075009512noreply@blogger.com