Re:It’s time to place the web in safer hands
by dantheman on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @06:56PM
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I'd much rather have a fractured internet with pockets of freedom than a globally censored and controlled internet.
Re:It’s time to place the web in safer hands
by gldalmaso on Thursday January 12, 2012 @05:20AM
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>> Ultimately, the internet will consist of national networks, separate and insular to varying degrees.
That's where it's heading indeed, maybe it will even come to mimick real boundaries and require visas from those that want to cross them.
Whatever entity is given control of the global name or number spaces has extraordinary power. Any such organization will be subject to corruption, both from within (the subject of the article) and without (e.g. SOPA). Moving governance up to higher levels of government (like the U.N.) isn't any better. Do we really want France or the WIPO to have any input, much less China or Russia? That's a rhetorical question for anyone concerned about censorship.
I think it inevitable that the Internet will continue to splinter along national boundaries. Ultimately, the internet will consist of national networks, separate and insular to varying degrees. The challenge for hackers will be how to connect to the networks outside of our own respective countries.