Is the Balkanisation of the Internet coming to pass? Thanks to the #SnowdenAffair?
Listers The Snowden revelations have blurred a crucial boundary between the U.S. private sector and its government, dealing a heavy blow to one of the fundamental precincts of Internet Governance. There remains a fundamental question to which we however have no clear answer: if the U.S. gives up its leadership of governing and operating key parts of the Internet, what would take its place? Is there an equivalent to some macro governance by multilateral agencies akin to the Security Council/the G-20/the United Nations combined with each country managing the micro governance through its own “visa” rules for crossing its borders? As netizens we must all contribute to ensuring a new paradigm for Internet Governance because Balkanization is not the answer. One of the answers I believe is to strengthen the Global Multi-Stakeholder framework because one thing is clear: if we leave it to the Governments of the World one of the most fundamental principles of the Internet - border less interactions - will be destroyed within a forepaw short years. http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/02/the-end-of-the-world-wide... What are you doing today to contribute towards a free and border less internet? Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad
Hi all, Lest we forget. The us may give up leadership but that stops nothing. There are over 200,000 active sleeper cells deployed around the world that "grab" data for the NSA. 50,000 inactive sleeper cells waiting to be activated. Question is or should be, when will they destroy this sleeper cells? How do goverments become free of this sleeper cells and whats the law protecting "smaller countries" i use small as its so been reveled that the likes of germany too have had there privacy compromised too as reveled by snowden. The us can boast through its president of democracy and equality for all but it falls short of being moraly uprite in the digital and cyberspace world. This is what needs to be addressed in addition to Ali's point. Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 12, 2013, at 11:46 PM, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
Listers
The Snowden revelations have blurred a crucial boundary between the U.S. private sector and its government, dealing a heavy blow to one of the fundamental precincts of Internet Governance. There remains a fundamental question to which we however have no clear answer: if the U.S. gives up its leadership of governing and operating key parts of the Internet, what would take its place? Is there an equivalent to some macro governance by multilateral agencies akin to the Security Council/the G-20/the United Nations combined with each country managing the micro governance through its own “visa” rules for crossing its borders?
As netizens we must all contribute to ensuring a new paradigm for Internet Governance because Balkanization is not the answer. One of the answers I believe is to strengthen the Global Multi-Stakeholder framework because one thing is clear: if we leave it to the Governments of the World one of the most fundamental principles of the Internet - border less interactions - will be destroyed within a forepaw short years.
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/02/the-end-of-the-world-wide...
What are you doing today to contribute towards a free and border less internet?
Ali Hussein
+254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113
"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein
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Hi guys, Just last night I webcast a talk with Bruce Schneier, a well known security expert, here in NYC - you can see the archive at http://livestre.am/4I6VTand I will post an improved version shortly. His line is that, as to targeted surveillance, there is ultimately no defense. However, when it comes to bulk surveillance there is plenty. Establishing robust crypto and transfer standards can be done by the Internet community, and make such activity impractical and uneconomic. Further issues are implementing sophisticated open hardware standards so that one can trust one's kit. While transparency is important and desirable, regulation is of limited potency. Likely the solutions are going to be bottom up from the technical community, and as commerce meets the increased demand for real security. j On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 6:11 AM, Kelvin Githira <kelvin@skysys.co.ke> wrote:
Hi all,
Lest we forget. The us may give up leadership but that stops nothing.
There are over 200,000 active sleeper cells deployed around the world that "grab" data for the NSA.
50,000 inactive sleeper cells waiting to be activated.
Question is or should be, when will they destroy this sleeper cells?
How do goverments become free of this sleeper cells and whats the law protecting "smaller countries" i use small as its so been reveled that the likes of germany too have had there privacy compromised too as reveled by snowden.
The us can boast through its president of democracy and equality for all but it falls short of being moraly uprite in the digital and cyberspace world. This is what needs to be addressed in addition to Ali's point.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 12, 2013, at 11:46 PM, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
Listers
The Snowden revelations have blurred a crucial boundary between the U.S. private sector and its government, dealing a heavy blow to one of the fundamental precincts of Internet Governance. There remains a fundamental question to which we however have no clear answer: if the U.S. gives up its leadership of governing and operating key parts of the Internet, what would take its place? Is there an equivalent to some macro governance by multilateral agencies akin to the Security Council/the G-20/the United Nations combined with each country managing the micro governance through its own “visa” rules for crossing its borders?
As netizens we must all contribute to ensuring a new paradigm for Internet Governance because Balkanization is not the answer. One of the answers I believe is to strengthen the Global Multi-Stakeholder framework because one thing is clear: if we leave it to the Governments of the World one of the most fundamental principles of the Internet - border less interactions - will be destroyed within a forepaw short years.
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/02/the-end-of-the-world-wide... !
What are you doing today to contribute towards a free and border less internet?
Ali Hussein
+254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113
"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein
Sent from my iPad
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