What would happen to us if the Internet went down…?
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So every request you make for a website has to go through aDNS server.
Mirai botnetsexploit Internet of Things devices, taking advantage of their low security to employ them in DDoS attacks.
What would happen if the Internet to the entire world goes down?
Such ascenario has been actually predicted by a security researcher, Bruce Schneier.
In fact, Schneier says that some unknown entity is already working on bringing down the whole Internet.
So what happens if Schneier is right and the Internet is actually shut down?
We look at the impact if such a situation arises in near future.
A situation like this brings E.M. Forsters disturbing tale The Machine Stops to mind.
Here are some things that would happen if there was no Internet :
1.
Due to non-availability of Internet, LTE networks go down leaving users at the mercy of landlines.
Air-traffic cant function, high seas become dangerous.
Metros come to a complete standstill.
Suburban train networks will run slowly bringing big cities around the world to a creeping halt.
3.No Internet = No online banking/ATMsOnline banking goes down.
ATMs failures cause huge queues at banks.
Banks face huge clearing pile up as the cheque clearing and money transfers have to be done manually.
This continues until the time there is a breakdown in services.
There would be no PayPal or Visa purchases.
Credit and Debit cards would become redundant as Point-of-Sales would not work.
NYSE, FTSE, Nifty etc would stop trading in shares and stocks.
WTI trades for Crude oil would stop as will Chicago Mercantile Exchange leading to stopping of commodities trade.
No Internet = No Satellites.The GPS web connection would completely breakdown as will the normal satellite communications.
Everything which is connected to Satellites would have to be shut down.
The above some examples that come to mind easily.
The Internet is much more than dominant in our life today than it was a decade ago.
Seems like a grim scenario!
Looks like Foster foresaw the situation in 1909 when he wrote The Machine Stops.
Though there is a counterview to this.
The internet is self-resilient.
It cant simply be shut down its not built that way.
Turning off the Internet is like shutting off religion.
You just cant do it.
Come to think of it… itd be easier to turn off religion than to turn off the internet.
However, we seem to closer to making the Internet our god.
Not in the abstract way but the Internet surely dominates our way of life with a god-like presence.
source: www.techworm.net
