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> ... digital ID. However, that is seriously actually dystopian and would brutally murder all of the privacy people have Do you really need exactly the same le
by RestlessMind 6y ago
> ... digital ID. However, that is seriously actually dystopian and would brutally murder all of the privacy people have
Do you really need exactly the same level of privacy for all the cases though? How about having a corner of the internet which is an ultimate walled garden - with access restricted to someone with validated government IDs and everyone's activity tracked and transparent to everyone else? This will work great for many cases - kids can have access to only this corner, plain vanilla entertainment[1] like Netflix or Disney or Sports, money related stuff[2] like banking / money transfer / shopping, etc etc. We can do those activities with relative peace of mind because everyone accessing this corner would be physically trackable and hence nefarious actors will have the risk of instant exposure. In that sense, it will be very similar to the physical world (or even stricter because of enhanced security).
For a lot of other legit reasons like fighting oppressive governments or hacking things to push boundaries or uncensored forums, we can of course have rest of the internet.
There will be some nuances just like we do in real world, like:
[1] different ratings for entertainment, like R-rated vs PG vs G-rated
[2] protecting sensitive info like bank account details or tax returns
- Avamander 6y agoDo you think that the free internet won't be slowly strangled until there's none? People will find so many reasons to kill privacy, "think of the kids", "think of the crime", "think of the spies". So on and on, we've seen it happen, I think China and other oppressive regimes have displayed that already.
- RestlessMind 6y ago> Do you think that the free internet won't be slowly strangled until there's none? In places like China, maybe! In places like the US, definitely not. After all, US Supreme Court literally allowed neo-nazis to march in public defending their freedom of speech[1]. > People will find so many reasons to kill privacy They might, but they will always have to play catch up with the technical solutions (cryptocurrencies, strong encryption) etc. As long the fundamental protocol remains open, you can recreate your own stack. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Party_of_America_v._Village_of_Skokie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Party_of_Am...