Is there any realistic threat to the digital age in our lifetime?

Anything that threatens civilization generally would threaten the Internet. Such as a big ass meteor or an ice age.

>>9121273
Root DNS servers

>>9121273

Nuclear war is always a possibility, no matter that it seems remote now, the weapons are still sitting there in their silos.

>>9121273
>losing the internet
Definitely, has nearly happened a couple of times and just look at any virus outbreak, so many people and companies have horrid security measures.

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>>9121273
>permanently lose the internet
No matter what you do, It will continue to live in our hearts, Anon.

>>9121273
Solar flare (or coronal mass ejection, I forget which) that fries our delicate, completely unshielded communications infrastructure with a deluge of charged particles.

>>9122448
What would happen if a coronal mass ejection just grazed the planet. Or is that even possible?

>>9121273
suppose the capitalist system collapses, the internet would be a noble, but pretty hard thing to save