There are a lot
of Internet issues today we should take into account. When you switch on your computer or another
electronic device you undergo a number of risks. In case of downloading an
infected file you put your machine and the information on it in danger. Even
sending an e-mail you cannot be 100 per cent sure that it will reach an
addressee confident and secure because even an ordinary computer school
graduate with sufficient technical facilities can intercept and read your
message. But nowadays everybody is alright about it, it’s livable. Some people
pin their hopes on network security companies (like Fortinet and other), some
people just don’t care.
Today Paranoid Johnny
wants to pay attention to a couple of other apprehensible trends: commercialization
and monopolization of network. To his mind, the combination of these
phenomenons can turn a catastrophe under the certain run of things.
“When one company controls nearly 82% of the global search market and 98% of the mobile search market, it's time for serious changes.” – Jeffrey Katz, CEO of Nextag, about Google Inc.
In 1980’s there were just several (about 8)commercial virtues and
cyberspace mostly was free. Today the Internet has significantly changed and
the UN has to force Google to obey antitrust low, and Google Inc. still keep on
doing their speculations with their search engine. All kinds of business are
run through network: service, goods, and information. We totally depend on this
system and we obediently invest our money in it.
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| Mr. Hall is full of indignation |
We pay for things we do not even own physically. Not long ago we kept info – movies and music – on solid bodies, we could exchange it. Now we do it virtually with iTunes.
At the same time, people are jailed for uploading information with BitTorrent.
But it happens occasionally – depends on which part of the Globe you live and how bad your luck is.
Johnny thinks that somewhere people went wrong and current situation
is totally divergent with the initial idea of the Internet. Maybe it’s time to
turn this jungle to the zoo. Or leave it?
But there is one more concern – the probability of total
monopolization in a bigger scale than it was in 'Google case'. What if a group of people accroaches copyrights or other vital internet-resources? Then history of the world goes a very bad anti-utopian scenario.
Great post Johnny!
ReplyDeleteYou raise some good points here, and ask some good - important questions and important issues.
Try to ask your questions in a more academic manner. Be more detailed, more informed. Who are the experts on these issues? What do they say? You need to refer to them in your blog post. I'd like to see a list of references below your post.
But I like your approach - it's fun and you've thought about your angle - and how you present yourself through your blog. You need more depth and less generalising.