> Here's what I don't understand, why doesn't the US simply cut their connections to the world. It's quite easy to find fiber optic locations...cut them.
Iran cut it itself. Its running its own domestic internet where everything domestic works. All domestic banks, apps.
Literal arrogance to think that the US owns the world.
Iran is sanctioned for so long now, they had no other choice than to become as independent as possible.
Cutting communications hinders iran less then outsiders trying to spark a revolution. I think thats also a reason why russia and other autocratic nations have internet kill switches too.
> I think thats also a reason why russia and other autocratic nations have internet kill switches too.
They have that for the same reason they always have a military, even if it's 100 years behind anyone else's - to keep the populace in check. A T-55 might be completely obsolete against a cheap FPV drone, but it's still a formidable weapon against a crowd of unarmed people.
Not sure how that determines "Literal arrogance...". My assumption, perhaps naive, is that Iran had connections to the outside world from which the hacking was taking place.
You can buy access to compromised computers anywhere in the world. This would require cutting off any path to anywhere in the world, since the person performing the attacks can also be anywhere in the world.
The US isolating itself from the rest of the world isn't financially feasible.
Iran cut it itself. Its running its own domestic internet where everything domestic works. All domestic banks, apps.
Literal arrogance to think that the US owns the world.