Internet blackouts are a natural next step when authoritarian regimes are faced with widespread social unrest that official propaganda channels can't contain -- alongside sending in the troops. This is really asking "do you think the US will follow the remainder of the playbook"
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I personally don't think it's likely, maybe 25% chance at most. But it's within the range of possible events one should consider
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That's why we need mesh networks 10 years ago.
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Pipernet?
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What do you think?
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*coughs in convenient power outages affecting election sites in major cities in November*
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Yes it is entertaining and forces you to think before voting.
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People saying "no" probably would have said the same about seeing active duty military in the streets of DC a month ago. And yet here we are...
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In 2011, BART shut down cell service at stations to make protests more difficult after a police officer shot a homeless man:https://www.aclunc.org/blog/five-years-later-barts-cell-service-shutdown-still-wakeup-call …
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