Quote: (06-12-2016 08:22 AM)scorpion Wrote:
I fully anticipate some kind of large scale, false flag cyber-attack in the coming years. That will be used as justification to end the internet as we know it. The open and anonymous internet is a massive thorn in the side of the elite. It threatens their power base on multiple levels. The free flow of information outside of controlled channels and the rise of alternative media sources has devastated their legitimacy. They have lost control of the narrative. The success of Trump (and to a lesser degree Sanders) is testament to that fact. The future of the internet will be government licensing requirements for websites above a certain level of traffic, and a ban on anonymous commenting. I also expect a move toward the criminalization (or government takeover) of cryto-currencies like Bitcoin. The internet has allowed for an unprecedented level of de-centralization and democratization of information flow. Like a bacteria that cannot survive the harshness of direct sunlight, the elite cannot survive when information can freely spread and shine a spotlight on their crimes. Their continued existence demands that the open internet must become a relic of the past, and so we can count on them trying to end it.
It seems like your prediction has come true.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nation...in-n758516