Secure Cyberspace

[name_less_one]

Some fifteen years ago internet was a bizzare novelty, gimicky and undefined. Today it is a complex machine, absolutely essential for modern world to operate. Millions of people send extremely sensitive personal information online daily, and I mean the kind of information that is usually stored in armored vaults

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[gimli_m]

Colonization, dear Sir

Re: я очень люблю эту тему :)

[name_less_one]

Aw, come on. Unlike the situation you described, internet actually HAS physical representation in out world - a network of cables - and that physical representation is tied to a geopolitical map of our world. Just cut all frikkin international traffic and start making exceptions for trusted websites - same way it's done with visas.

[gimli_m]

No. That is like saying that a book has a physical representation in our world - a stack of pages - and the group of readers it is primarily written for is tied to a geopolitical map of the world. Therefore there should be a US-British international regulation about what Jane Eyre said to Edward Rochester on p. 325.

Seriously, any attempt to regulate without attempts to civilize first would fail. There are so many ways to rout around any barrier: long-distance phone lines, satellite television, temporary wireless routes scotch-taped to tree branches, if it comes to that (see Cory Doctorow and his expansion on the topic).

[name_less_one]

Books aren't used to transfer billions of dollars of funds on a daily basis. And by the way, many books are banned in some countries and an attempt to smuggle one can be punished. Try bringing some kind of "Make explosives at home" guide to US, for example.
And yes, there are ways to bypass traffic barriers. There are also ways to bypass border security, but it hardly makes it useless.