#internetblackout

[diyhomelifestyle]

Global Internet Blackout: Why the Elite are Moving to Space

Is a Global Internet Blackout coming? Discover why the elite are bypassing undersea cables to move their entire digital life to space now.

[dvdmerwe]

Over the first 138 days of this year, digital rights group AccessNow estimates there were 80 internet shutdown incidents across 21 countries. Feldstein says that all free internet advocates can do is keep innovating. And, he says, eQsat is a prime example of that.

A team of cybersecurity researchers believe they have come up with a clever new way to fight back: a trojan horse. Specifically, a satellite feed designed to look like a television station, which actually carries a payload of uncensored news and information. It’s a particularly retro solution to a very modern problem.

The program, dubbed eQsat, has been tested and is ready to be put into action during the next internet shutdown—whether it’s in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Iran, or one of the many repressive regimes that regularly block internet access.

It’s true that whilst there is some form of Internet connectivity, it is not too difficult to use various technologies to circumvent the censorships. For example, even the Telegram app, Tor browser and others have such capability built in. Some of it is also disguised to look like normal http traffic. But a complete Internet blackout is a different story.

Traditional radio is still around, but fewer and fewer people actually have good short wave radio receivers, and it’s also true that the more something gets used, the quicker authorities catch onto it. Something being used is also pretty useless if the population has no knowledge about it.

But the old scout motto is still true: Be Prepared! It’s always better to test and prepare for something, than to wait until after the event, and then try to establish communications. As another saying goes: When all else fails, there’s ham radio.

See https://www.wired.com/story/equalitie-trojan-horse-internet-censorship/

[netitharam]

#myanmar #arakanarmy #aa #internetblackout #rakhinebuddhists #efenews #efenewsagency #netitharam #netitharamnews (at Bagan, Myanmar) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBzM_YkHwJu/?igshid=1rnqusqsdqcj8

[lildreamersshop]

I’m all done podcasting (I think) and really doing anything on the internet except posting my drawings recapping the @Avengers franchise leading up to #Endgame. #WhateverItTakes #InternetBlackout #Adorable #Marvel #AvengersAssemble #FanArt https://www.instagram.com/p/BwlTUXdgWcM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1by7a6qdfa9gm

[symphonichaos]

shits going to get real on Monday.

[himeyana-blog]

Internet Blackout for Thousands Coming Monday, July 9

Hundreds of thousands of Internet users whose computers are infected with a particular nasty virus will be unable to access the Web starting Monday. The FBI will shut down Internet servers that it temporarily set up to support those affected by malicious software called DNSChanger. Turning off those servers will knock all those still infected offline. Over the past five years, a group of Estonian cybercriminals infected about 4 million computers around the world with DNSChanger. The malware redirected infected users' Web searches to spoofed sites with malicious advertisements. In November 2011, the FBI and some overseas partners arrested those responsible, commandeered their servers, and attempted to warn those affected to get rid of the virus. The FBI did not immediately take down the rogue servers, as infected computers would have lost Internet access, an FBI spokesman said. To remedy the problem, the FBI had the nonprofit Internet Systems Consortium set up temporary servers. That way, computer owners would have time to get rid of their malware. The servers were supposed to be shut down in March, but hundreds of thousands remained infected. Nearly 304, 000 computers worldwide - about 70, 000 in the US - still had the virus in mid-June, according to the FBI's latest report. The FBI decided to give people even more time to check for the malware, extending the deadline until July. The agency now says the time has come to cut the cord, and the emergency servers will be shut down on Monday. Though the FBI tried to send notifications to those infected, it could not identify all of them, a spokesman said. To help the users still infected, the agency laid out a step-by-step plan on how to check to see if your computer has the virus. How did this all happen? The servers the cybercriminals set up redirected search traffic to their own rogue servers, bypassing Google, Microsoft's Bing or other search engine's servers. Users would be shown fake search results that sent them to spoofed websites with manipulated online ads. For example, when a user searched for Netflix and clicked on the fake search result, he or she would instead be redirected to an unrelated website called "BudgetMatch". If a user searched for ESPN and clicked through, DNSChanger would replace Dr. Pepper 10 ads on ESPN's website with an ad for a timeshare business. The fraudsters made $14 million through those illegal ads, the FBI said. The malware also prevented users from updating their operating systems or anti-virus software, which may have detected the virus. Facebook and Google joined the awareness efforts by alerting users whose devices appear to be infected. Both sites display warnings and provide links to help get rid of the malware. Source: WQAD.com

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