Coronavirus: Can the internet cope?
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
What impact will the coronavirus pandemic have on the infrastructure of the internet? Zoe Kleinman speaks to David Belson from the Internet Society, and to Lisa Forte from Red Goat Cyber Security about the security implications for companies of having so many remote workers. Dhanaraj Thakur from the Web Foundation explains how the current health crisis exposes the billions of people who still live without internet access, while the BBC’s Kinjal Pandya Wagh in Delhi tells us how mobile phones are being used to spread information about the virus in India. The BBC’s Chris Fox rounds up the latest tech news.
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| 0:32.2 | Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly status update on the world of technology with me, Zoe Kleinman. |
| 0:39.0 | Coming up on today's program, as country after country batons down the hatches and the fight |
| 0:43.9 | against the coronavirus pandemic, we look at how the tech is holding up. Can the internet cope |
| 0:49.8 | with so many people being at home? We also ask whether cyber security has taken a back seat in the |
| 0:55.9 | scramble to get teams working remotely and look at what you should be thinking about if you're |
| 1:01.0 | suddenly sharing sensitive data from your sofa. Plus an interesting tale from India, where |
| 1:06.9 | mobile phone ringing tones are being replaced with something a little more informative. |
| 1:11.4 | But is it also more annoying? Here's a little taste of what's coming up. |
| 1:16.0 | You know, we are already seen a lot of recognition of the importance of the web and the internet |
| 1:21.3 | in a crisis like these. |
| 1:22.7 | Oh, coronavirus disease spread can you stop? Always cover mouth with harkets or tissue while coughing and sneezing. If you have limited bandwidth, don't be stopped. Always cover mouth with harkers or tissue while coughing and sneezing. |
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