New Threat to Life: The Internet of Underwater Things

Truth. Based. Media. ^ | February 12, 2022 | Tessa Lena

[E. Pluribus Unum]

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• The Internet of Underwater Things is an invasive and dangerous initiative that has been quietly unfolding for a number of years
• Development of “smart oceans” is a part of the overall agenda of financialization of nature
• The initiative requires introduction of a wide range of invasive technologies into the ocean on a massive scale (including potentially 6G)
• The Internet of Underwater Things involves device communication using acoustic waves, which can drastically interfere with marine life as inhabitants of the ocean rely on acoustic signals for basic everyday functions
• Among the interested parties are World Economic Forum and DARPA

This story is about a crazy and dangerous project that is being carried out behinds the scenes — with a potential to impact all life on Earth. The monster is called the Internet of Underwater Things, and the objective of the initiative is to fully invade and disrupt the oceans in the name of, what else, lucrative “sustainable development,” plus military gains.

In a 2012 paper, the Internet of Underwater Things is defined as a “world-wide network of smart interconnected underwater objects that enables to monitor vast unexplored water areas.”

This project is an easy candidate for the Darwin Awards. It includes such obviously bad ideas as introducing underwater devices that communicate long-distance through impactful acoustic waves — deafening marine life — as well as installing nodes and devices at the ocean floor, scattering numerous underwater vehicles and robots all over the oceans, creating electromagnetic interferences, and much more.

[Steely Tom]

There’s a lot going on in the deep blue sea.

[Paladin2]

Gorebal Warning

[poconopundit]

And for a very different view of those “invasive” digital creatures, here’s perspective from an expert whose team builds and operates the deep ocean cables that criss-cross the globe and carry 95% of international internet and telephone traffic.

http://bswan.org/gcx_connectivity.asp

[Dr. Sivana]

And one of those underwater signal carriers almost got the castaways back home.

[BobL]

Navy’s being doing the same for 70 years.

[fso301]

Sounds more like cover for military use. ELF undersea communications have serious limitations... especially for any first strike, ambushing semi-autonomous weapons (mines, torpedoes) intended to lay on the seabed... even burrowed beneath the silt for years listening patiently for activation instructions.

[poconopundit]

Good catch, Dr. Sivana. LOL!

[telescope115]

My interpretation:🤪