http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/05/government-betrayed-internet-nsa-spying
> The US government has betrayed the internet. We need to take it back > > The NSA has undermined a fundamental social contract. We engineers built the > internet – and now we have to fix it > Government and industry have betrayed the internet, and us. > > By subverting the internet at every level to make it a vast, multi-layered > and robust surveillance platform, the NSA has undermined a fundamental social > contract. The companies that build and manage our internet infrastructure, > the companies that create and sell us our hardware and software, or the > companies that host our data: we can no longer trust them to be ethical > internet stewards. > > This is not the internet the world needs, or the internet its creators > envisioned. We need to take it back. > > And by we, I mean the engineering community. > > Yes, this is primarily a political problem, a policy matter that requires > political intervention. > > But this is also an engineering problem, and there are several things > engineers can – and should – do. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
