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[ NNSquad ] Iran Internet Blocks Return // Brazil pushes Internet fragmentation
Iran Internet Blocks Return http://j.mp/1aRoP9r (NZ Herald) "Word of the opening of Iran's blocked social media sites was spread, of course, by social media itself: in celebratory tweets and breathless Facebook posts. Hours later, the same sites chewed over the sobering reality that the four-year-old firewalls were back in place. Iran's internet overseers blamed a "technical" glitch on the brief window to the web." Brazil pushes Internet fragmentation http://j.mp/1aRpBU4 (NZ Herald) Matthew Green, a Johns Hopkins computer security expert, said Brazil won't protect itself from intrusion by isolating itself digitally. It will also be discouraging technological innovation, he said, by encouraging the entire nation to use a state-sponsored encrypted email service. "It's sort of like a Soviet socialism of computing," he said, adding that the US "free-for-all model works better." - - - Extremely wrong-headed thinking, Brazil. You'll only end up hurting your own citizens. But of course, many countries would like nothing better than to push their citizens into government-operated email systems, where you can be sure the government holds all the keys in a purpose-built manner. Don't think you're fooling anyone Brazil -- 'cause you're not. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad