• Majorllama@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Cutting an undersea cable that one or multiple countries spent millions or billions on seems like a really good way to piss off a lot of people really quickly.

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      11 months ago

      Considering how dependent on the internet our economies are, intentionally cutting an undersea cable should be considered an act of war.

      Sabotaging a countries energy or water supply are. I’m pretty sure cutting telecommunications cables would have been prior to the internet. How it’s this any different?

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        11 months ago

        It’s like 30 years ago when my parents used the landline in the middle of a download - an act of war.

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        11 months ago

        I would assume most nations would treat this the same as them bombing a radio tower in the 40s. Absolutely an act of war.

        If nukes didn’t exist you can bet your butts that most of these countries would not be playing around like this. The only reason they could even think doing that might be a good idea is because they know that nobody wants to kick off nuclear war. Still just seems like an unnecessary bear to poke if you ask me.

  • JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Wait, some guys thought there was going to be repeat business selling an undersea cable cutting device and they went to the trouble of patenting it?

    How many people are in the business of maliciously cutting these cables indiscriminately, it feels like this device is more of a build it and sell on the shady/black market kind of deal.

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    11 months ago

    Strange thing to patent.

    Also why china wants war with anyone is beyond me when almost their whole economy is based on producing stuff for everyone.

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    11 months ago

    How is this exclusive? This has been shared on The China Show weeks ago.