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Re:Leonard Kleinrock on what went wrong with the internet by vannevar on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @11:26AM (#21388219)
Agreed, I think there was a point, when we could still benefit from the pre-existing social trust network, that it was a net positive. Now that the pre-internet trust network has deteriorated, and with no trust mechanism built into the internet, it is rapidly devolving toward a net negative for social stability.
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Re:Leonard Kleinrock on what went wrong with the internet by classic959 on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @12:24PM (#21388935)
I think relying on the internet to have a trust mechanism built in is a bit like relying on our road-builders to ensure our vehicles are safe.

While the average internet user will just trust the sites and apps they use, there's nothing stopping those who are able from designing/building/using/sharing technology which they can reasonably trust. The building blocks are there (crypto / networking libraries etc.).

When open source software gets outlawed, I'll be worried.

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Re:Leonard Kleinrock on what went wrong with the internet by UncleOxidant on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @12:54PM (#21389310)
> a bit like relying on our road-builders to ensure our vehicles are safe

And yet there are lots of ways road-builders can design roads so that they're safer.

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