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by simoncion 214 days ago
Accurate timekeeping is critical infrastructure. So much so, that the US government operates many radio stations whose sole purpose is to provide current time announcements, reference clocks, and other timekeeping-related information. See [0].

Relatedly: surely you're not of the opinion that the various GPS constellations are not critical infrastructure?

[0] <https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/time-se...>

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Just because other timekeeping projects are critical infrastructure doesn't mean that one NTP client is critical infrastructure.
Sure. I agree with you. You're absolutely correct.