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The Future of the Internet : And How to Stop It

By: Jonathan Zittrain

...ss along. In turn, that lockdown opens the door to new forms of regula- tory surveillance and control. We have some hints of what that can look like. ... ...cannot be poached away by other viruses. 63 The growth of virtual worlds and massively multiplayer online games provides another eco- nomic incentive ... ...oc- uments found on infected computers—and nothing would stand in the way. A massive number of always-on powerful PCs with high-bandwidth con- The Ris... ...... ...d threatens to curtail future innovation and to facilitate invasive forms of surveillance and control. A non-generative information ecosystem advances... ...but the contours of that change were known and set once there was a critical mass of telephones distributed among the gen- eral public. Indeed, given ... ...ulture model and inhabited actively, rather than passively con- sumed by the masses. Through these twin characteristics—transparency and partic- ipati... ...ken with the device in a number of ways: preemption, specific injunction, and surveillance. Perfect Enforcement 107 Preemption Preemption entails anti... ...al from the devices of registered sex offenders but not from others’ devices. Surveillance Tethered appliances have the capacity to relay information a...

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