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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Iran Internet Blocks Return // Brazil pushes
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Tue Sep 17 20:33:49 2013
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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."
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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--
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