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Originally Posted by nekokami
I don't think anonymous internet usage is ever really going to go away, for the same reason that DRM can't succeed -- anyone who is really motivated to do so can create a false or anonymous identity online, and if the system ever becomes rigorous enough to prevent this, a parallel system will emerge (perhaps using mesh or other peer-to-peer networking).
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The one thing about a parallel system is, it must be endorsed by legitimate businesses and governments, or there will be no products on it, and limited access.
If businesses and governments see the "non-anonymous" internet as the best way for them to make money, they'll act like the "anonymous" internet doesn't exist, ISPs will be pressured (excuse me,
recommended) to favor the "non-anonymous" internet, and most users will be pressured (excuse me,
enticed) by ISP deals to stay with the "non-anonymous" internet. Governments can even be influenced (excuse me,
bribed) to block one in favor of the other.
Sure, the "anonymous" internet will swap illicit copies, but you'll have to buy them in the first place on the "non-anonymous" internet. Which might actually satisfy the businesses after all.
I've also been expecting a parallel internet to emerge eventually, and with the new web standards being developed, I suspect most commercial and media traffic will move to the new system (which, I understand, has more rigorous security protocols, by the way), while more "pure" internet use (less business, less multimedia, more raw data, etc) will stay on the existing system.
The result will be the parallel web Neko postulates, with tighter-security business and selling being transacted on the new protocol. Hopefully the businesses won't figure out some way to encrypt their content so it will not move on the old protocol...