> would achieve nothing outside of creating a splinternet.

With the growing threat profiles and potential damage, I wonder the cost calculations being made behind closed doors right now of both governments and companies about that very possibility.

A lot of companies already block traffic by country of origin and have since they existed on the internet.

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alightsoul 10 hours ago | parent [-]

>A lot of companies already block traffic by country of origin and have since they existed on the internet.

Is this an American thing? For example the home Depot and velera do it.

	▲	esseph 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I've seen network operators talk about it from all over the world. If Sarah owns a gardening center and sells stuff locally, why does her business need to accept connections to her website or network from a foreign country? For her given the attack risk, it makes much more sense to block non-local traffic.