[128167] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Who controlls the Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew.wallace)
Sun Jul 25 15:58:13 2010
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:58:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: "andrew.wallace" <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com>
To: tariq198487@hotmail.com
In-Reply-To: <4C4C88F6.5050409@rollernet.us>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Tarig Yassin <tariq198487@hotmail.com> wro=
te:=0A> I would like to issue a question here, who controls this Internet?=
=0A=0AThe truth to your question is, anybody who wants to. Hackers, activis=
ts, =0Agovernments, terrorists all have the ability to control it. But prob=
ably not all =0Aat the same time. =0A=0A=0AWith the increase in irresponsib=
le security disclosures by folks such as Tavis =0AOrmandy, power and contro=
l is very much being handed to "the people".=0A=0AI have been campaigning f=
or a while to get tighter laws introduced on =0Airresponsible security disc=
losures, to give the government more control over the =0Ainternet.=0A=0AAnd=
rew Wallace=0A=0A=0A