> Since the internet is global, it is very challenging to enforce something like that to a degree where it would be effective.
Is it? There is a solution: bad actors get kicked off the Internet. Russia doesn't do shit about cybercriminals? Block their networks until they comply. China gets caught again and again and again hacking into governments or companies? Just the same. India doesn't rein in their scam callcenters (just watch one of the recent Jim Browning videos)? Kick them off the net, and the same punishment for their VoIP providers that act as accomplices. Domestic providers ignoring countless abuse reports against people who had their routers compromised? Disconnect them until they've cleaned up their act and don't pose a threat any more.
The official blathering why this isn't done against other nations is "their population depends on access to the free flow of information" or "it would cost our companies too much money", and that's bullshit. Our enemies don't even need Trojan horses, we directly invite them into our homes. And domestic bad actors hide behind laws limiting their liability. Enough with that. Time to hold malicious, incompetent or greedy actors accountable instead of forcing people to drop unknown calls due to an onslaught of spam or companies to hide behind the protection rackets commonly known as "CDNs" and "botnet protection services".
Hmm. It is a lot to think about frankly, a very large topic. My gut reaction is no, being a global net is what makes it robust and enables so many positive outcomes. I would say more positive than negative. I also feel as though the expectation that the internet is global is what protects it from nation states themselves. It would start with an obvious win, like banning a country due to cyberattacks, but would it stop there? Would we eventually start disconnecting outselves into dozens of small nets, little bubbles of thought compliant citizens happy on our protected nets, unable to share information across borders except through sanctioned channels?
I am just thinking out loud, I don't have the answer and you raise a valid train of thought.
Is it? There is a solution: bad actors get kicked off the Internet. Russia doesn't do shit about cybercriminals? Block their networks until they comply. China gets caught again and again and again hacking into governments or companies? Just the same. India doesn't rein in their scam callcenters (just watch one of the recent Jim Browning videos)? Kick them off the net, and the same punishment for their VoIP providers that act as accomplices. Domestic providers ignoring countless abuse reports against people who had their routers compromised? Disconnect them until they've cleaned up their act and don't pose a threat any more.
The official blathering why this isn't done against other nations is "their population depends on access to the free flow of information" or "it would cost our companies too much money", and that's bullshit. Our enemies don't even need Trojan horses, we directly invite them into our homes. And domestic bad actors hide behind laws limiting their liability. Enough with that. Time to hold malicious, incompetent or greedy actors accountable instead of forcing people to drop unknown calls due to an onslaught of spam or companies to hide behind the protection rackets commonly known as "CDNs" and "botnet protection services".