As someone who's worked in cybersecurity for over 15 years, I will say that no internet would be more catastrophic than anticipated. Medical records, business transactions including stocks and contracts, military info including classified+, would all be unable to read.
It's more than just no Netflix or Facebook. I don't remember if our bunker I worked in even had fax, and this was over a decade ago. Hopefully there is redundancy in place for long form and constant communications.
As someone who's worked in cybersecurity for over 15 years, I will say that no internet would be more catastrophic than anticipated. Medical records, business transactions including stocks and contracts, military info including classified+, would all be unable to read.
It's more than just no Netflix or Facebook. I don't remember if our bunker I worked in even had fax, and this was over a decade ago. Hopefully there is redundancy in place for long form and constant communications.
NSA better be on the white hats side.
They won't nuke the net as a whole, they would would hurt and hamstring themselves too much by doing so......
Socials however.......
That is the way, unfortunately. I don't see any other way to wake the masses... even if it is just for a week(+/-).