<
https://theconversation.com/iran-is-threatening-undersea-cables-the-worlds-digital-chokepoints-have-never-been-more-vulnerable-282425>
"Early this week, Iranian state-linked media floated a plan to charge the
operators of undersea internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz for access to
what they say is Iran’s offshore territory.
The suggestion comes after Iranian warnings that several important cables in
the strait were a vulnerable point for economies in the Middle East.
Iran’s comments expose an invisible foundation of the internet and
globalisation itself: the web of more than 500 undersea cables that carries
more than 95% of international data traffic.
We may think the internet lives in a kind of virtual cloud. But its physical
underpinnings are vulnerable – and that vulnerability is becoming a very real
geopolitical concern."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
