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US government relinquishes aministration of the internet
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03-14-2014, 11:12 PM | #2 |
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Oh it's so hard to respond without getting political but I would like to say to Mr. Gingrich that it isn't ''foreign dictatorships'' spying on and keylogging everyone under the sun, it's not NK or Iran stockpiling my internet activities and communications. The US has been defining what the internet is since the beginning and we've kinda abused the everloving bejeezus out of that privilege.
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I'm torn on this one. I am all in favour of the government getting out of the internet. I live in China where the government is constantly monitoring and filtering and censoring, resulting in a lousy internet. However, I am concerned that if it is in international hands, countries like China might have more of a say in how the Internet is run, which nobody wants (except the paranoid Chinese leaders).
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This story has got nothing to do with spying or censorship. They are simply saying that the US government will no longer have a formal relationship with ICANN, and so will not be involved with the assignment of domain names:
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03-15-2014, 10:04 PM | #5 |
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The very mention of that idiot's name makes my blood boil. But you're right about the political thing. I can't comment on this topic without getting political. So I'll leave it at that.
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03-16-2014, 07:54 AM | #6 |
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Why would anyone care about who is in charge of creating domain names?
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03-16-2014, 09:12 AM | #7 |
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That's the reality. The perception may be that the US Government has done something to address complaints about its spying, when it has not. |
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The granting authority ends up with the details about each applicant for a name attached to their assigned URL. That seems harmless enough but as Prestigititweeze points out, it gets complicated quickly. This function can deny domain names but also whoever does it is responsible for deciding who gets the name: a certain way to be accused of favoritism. It gets more complicated by the international nature of the Internet. What one jurisdiction sees as an expression of freedom of speech another sees as sedition: a criminal act. What role should this function have at stopping and not promoting criminal behavior on the Internet? In fact, what is a criminal act on the Internet when it spans so many different jurisdictions? ICANN was criticized for having a “laissez-faire” attitude because they assigned names without making commercial or political judgments. Whatever entity gets stuck with this important and sensitive task is bound to face a perception of favoritism, political meddling, and religious and ethical interference, yet without the assignment of domain names the Internet will stop working. If ICANN isn’t trusted because it’s located in the US, maybe the task should be turned over to an international body. Or maybe governments should be required to establish protocols to define issues like what constitutes spying, what constitutes cyber crime, and how to separate censorship from legitimate extensions of copyright and legitimate concerns for protecting the different mores and the religious sensitivities of diverse nations. I don’t know how these issues can be settled but having the US government back out of the picture means some other authority has to make a decision, even if all it does is act as the authority that signs a continuing contract with ICANN--or with a different company, or maybe it will create something new like a UN agency of some sort, or gives the job to some version of Interpol, or whatever. But whoever “they” are who are given the job, it seems that someone has to make a decision in the next year. Last edited by 6charlong; 03-16-2014 at 03:13 PM. |
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This means nothing, really. What is a 'public internet' afterall? It's a bunch of interconnected private networks. The 'interconnectivity' is unnecessary and certainly short lived. Going forward, we will be on private, highly regulated, tolled networks. The public internet will be similar, smaller, and less interesting -- unless you want to do things you would not do on a private, highly regulated, tolled network.
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Will control of "the" internet be the roots of One World Government? oops...never mind. Plus "they" are watching now...you know, the ESPN spy satellites!! I gotta go, never sed that either. Nope didn't even write it, my neighbor's cat wrote that question while walking across the keyboard.
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