10 years from now... (was: internet futures)

Sun Mar 28 06:10:15 UTC 2021

> On 3/26/2021 9:42 AM, Michael Thomas wrote:
>> LEO internet providers will be coming online which might make a
>> difference in the corners of the world where it's hard to get access,
>> but will it allow internet access to parachute in behind the Great
>> Firewall?
>> ............
>> How do the Chinas of the world intend to deal with the Great Firewall
>> implications?
>>
>> This is what I hope will change in the next 10 years.  "Turning off the
>> internet" will be harder and harder for folks suppressing others, many
>> times violently, and hiding it from everyone else.  A small-ish antenna
>> easily hidden would be necessary.

On 3/27/2021 5:30 PM, nanog at jima.us wrote:
> Please don't forget that RF sources can be tracked down by even minimally-well-equipped adversaries.

Spread spectrum?  ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_spectrum

scott