An interesting quote from the article: >That would potentially make the internet faster, more efficient, and more capable of withstanding rapidly escalating le

An interesting quote from the article: >That would potentially make the internet faster, more efficient, and more capable of withstanding rapidly escalating levels of global user demand. It would also make information delivery almost immune to server crashes, and significantly enhance the ability of users to control access to their private information online. As I understand it, the plan is essentially to turn the internet into a giant peer to peer network. I'm not sure how this fits into the claim that it will "significantly enhance the ability of users to control access to their private information online". If anything, it seems that this model will lead to an even greater and equally permanent duplication of online content. This means that user data will be reproduced and recopied even more than it already is...how does that give users a greater control over privacy at all? I don't think I'll touch on the problems of the implementation as its described, but the following quote: >the researchers behind the project also argue that by focusing on information rather than the web addresses (URLs) where it is stored, digital content would become more secure. They envisage that by making individual bits of data recognisable, that data could be “fingerprinted” to show that it comes from an authorised source. really makes it sound like they are working toward making the internet completely search engine based. How else will you find content if the servers are gone? You search for it. It sounds like kind of a terrible idea, but maybe someone else can champion their cause.