>It's the feudalism age of the internet. Everyone needs a lord for protection. i think Schneier likes this analogy, he has used it before: https://www.schneie

>It's the feudalism age of the internet. Everyone needs a lord for protection. i think Schneier likes this analogy, he has used it before: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/12/feudal_sec.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/12/feudal_sec.ht... He then calls for the state and the law to protect us from our overlords; now that was all written before Snowden (the presnowdonian period) Still nice that google does this hosting + ddos protection work; they could have chosen not to do it.