Open Infrastructure Map
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Open Infrastructure Map
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Re: Open Infrastructure Map
#2I find this site so fascinating, seeing how all the massive power lines are hooked up to far-away power plants and gradually have their voltage stepped down as they connect to consumers. All the undersea cables and pipelines I didn't know about.
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#3I find this site so fascinating, seeing how all the massive power lines are hooked up to far-away power plants and gradually have their voltage stepped down as they connect to consumers. All the undersea cables and pipelines I didn't know about.
It’s really interesting how perception of openness changes over time. During cold war publishing this information would send one directly to gulag.
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#4This is a bad idea in terms of security in war
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#5I find this site so fascinating, seeing how all the massive power lines are hooked up to far-away power plants and gradually have their voltage stepped down as they connect to consumers. All the undersea cables and pipelines I didn't know about.
It’s really interesting how perception of openness changes over time. During cold war publishing this information would send one directly to gulag.
Yeah, and it feels like we’re sliding back the same way.
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#6This is a bad idea in terms of security in war
Or a good one, forcing governments to have robust infrastructure that this info isn't useful. Similar reasoning as with security and open source software.
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#7This is a bad idea in terms of security in war
Or a good one, forcing governments to have robust infrastructure that this info isn't useful. Similar reasoning as with security and open source software.
Yeah, and it’s not like the enemy would take the information from here, they already have it and likely even more detailed. It is quite basic stuff to have when preparing to defend (or attack).
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#8Some previous discussion:
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#9This is a bad idea in terms of security in war
Berlin, Germany just had a blackout because a left from centre organisation decided to set an electric exchange on fire. Right over new years and at a very cold time of year.
Apparently the data on where the exchange was and how it would affect the surrounding neighbourhoods was openly available. The neighbourhoods affect were largely affluent.
It’s probably also the reason why this is being reshared.
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#10This is a bad idea in terms of security in war
Berlin, Germany just had a blackout because a left from centre organisation decided to set an electric exchange on fire. Right over new years and at a very cold time of year. Apparently the data on where the exchange was and how it would affect the surrounding neighbourhoods was openly available. The neighbourhoods affect were largely affluent. It’s probably also the reason why this is being reshared.
So what? The benefits of openly sharing this info greatly outweight the risks.
I heard multiple times that professionals in the energy sector relied on shitty, difficult to obtain and incomplete information until the open source revolution.
Soviet Union heavily edited publicly available maps, although it had great cartography for the military-industrial complex. And where it is now?