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It's odd to describe Vint Cerf as Google's Chief Internet Evangelist, a largely honorary and emeritus position, as opposed to co-creator of TCP/IP for which is
by gundmc 7y ago
It's odd to describe Vint Cerf as Google's Chief Internet Evangelist, a largely honorary and emeritus position, as opposed to co-creator of TCP/IP for which is is famous. It makes the headline and framing feel very click-baity.
The referenced FTC announcement was titled "Internet Innovator Vinton G. Cerf to Keynote FTC's Internet of Things Workshop".
- tantalor 7y agoMore people know what Google is than TCP/IP.
- gundmc 7y agoAnd more people know what the internet is than Google.
- reidjs 7y agoI think, in a weird way, this is actually debatable.
- ggeorgovassilis 7y agoI read the comment as "more people know what the internet is than google knows what the internet is".
- contingencies 7y agoIn some developing countries many people believe that Facebook is the internet.
- lonelappde 7y agoHow is TCP/IP relevant to his opinions on Privacy?
- tomaslb 7y agoIt's relevant to the reader to understand the impact this man has had on developing the internet as we know it, and realising that he probably knows what he is talking about.