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The web can only be controlled so long as it's a wired affair. If the concept of a wireless mesh can be realized, it's game over for anything but a silly illus
by DannoHung 16y ago
The web can only be controlled so long as it's a wired affair.
If the concept of a wireless mesh can be realized, it's game over for anything but a silly illusion of control.
- Groxx 16y agoAnd if one controls the technology which creates the mesh? ie, requires a back-door into every device?
- rgrieselhuber 16y agoExcellent point. Vintage networking hardware could start to become quite valuable.
- Natsu 16y agoAssuming it's still compatible with anything else at that point. Honestly, though? With cheap mass storage, we could end up going all the way down to sneakernet. They really could do a lot more to control the internet. Not fully, of course. It can't ever be fully controlled. But they really could do a lot to put us into an age of digital prohibition.