The internet has broken – again. Shouldn’t the tech firms that make billions from it pay to fix it? | Chris Stokel-Walker
TL;DR
Parts of the internet are going dark as operators deliberately switch off systems that have become too risky to keep online, a Guardian commentary argues. In the Netherlands, government websites including the digital ID login service are unavailable, Finland has taken public services offline, and Wikimedia has switched off some systems. The author, who has warned about such vulnerabilities for years, argues that a handful of exhausted developers cannot keep critical digital infrastructure safe.
Nauti's Take
The shutdowns raise pressure on tech companies to finally invest in securing open infrastructure, a real opportunity. The risk for AI teams: when identity services, APIs or hosting go down, even well-automated workflows stop.
Small teams should map critical dependencies and keep a manual fallback for every central service.
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