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Almondsetat • yesterday at 8:08 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

People seem to be oblivious to the fact that the internet infrastructure has been government controlled since its inception. No cable laid under the sea between two nations can exist without the government approval and without the governments tapping into the link. IP addresses, MAC addresses, domain names, all managed by "super partes" international organizations swore to neutrality and fairness.

Unless you make your own physical network, it's trust all the way down


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pocksuppet • yesterday at 11:36 PM

Trust... and encryption. That second one's quite important.