This sort of feels like a stupid question.
I have a small food supply that could last a few weeks if needed…
but I do not have solar powered power banks, tents, gas masks, and things of that nature…
There’s been a lot of really impressive hacking lately… Could things like power grids and banks be hacked, creating chaos, and as a result I actually should be prepping this way? (Edited for clarity: my concern is especially about hacking damage to the US power grid, where I am, or other infrastructure, not about being personally hacked. As of this edit, no one has responded to whether that specifically is a realistic or unrealistic concern.)
I’m a pretty poor person. Buying some extra food is easy, buying solar panels and a portable power bank for hundreds costs a lot more. I already have an emergency radio.
More than that, as someone who is often poor, I may end up needing to move due to rent increases. I often think about the physical weight of anything I am buying, because I don’t drive and weight means moving or shipping costs.
With the FAA grounding thing, my initial reaction is “They are all morons, they can’t listen to advice, and so they pushed some AI slop to production because they are egomaniacs too stupid to listen to IT, or they have created a culture in which IT knows if they say something they will get fired, or IT is so exhausted from their stupidity they just do what they are told and don’t care.” But I’m actually not sure if that’s true.
Russians and other smart hackers probably knew those updates were being pushed. What if they have used that as an opportunity for hacking and confusion?
Should I actually be prepping right now out of fear of hackers?
Some do. Most don’t. These things are expensive (fuel is ridiculously expensive) and most Ukrainians are dirt poor. War, obviously, only worsened the situation.
I got myself a PSU for cameras and such that provides me with a 12V line. I have light at least. Some have more cool devices with inverter to 220V, others have nothing at all.
Oh since we’re on the topic of Ukraine, I heard that theres a often cell outage too? Is that so? And how popular is Mestashtic there from what you know? Is there like a surge in Meshtastic usage after the invasion began? (Cuz that’s what I heard online about Meshtashtic)
(And if not do you plan on getting one in the future? (these can go for as low as sub-$50 USD btw))
Cell grid is more or less stable. Meshtastick is peer-2-peer radio? I heard about it, but never heard about its usage here in Ukraine. I am too poor to spend money on such things. It won’t work unless we have millions of users, which we don’t have.