>[...]etc. Interestingly enough on the subject of networks and systems, many large commercial airplanes (air commerce and transportation are how much of the gl

>[...]etc. Interestingly enough on the subject of networks and systems, many large commercial airplanes (air commerce and transportation are how much of the global economy?) are using a "totally unencrypted and unauthenticated" protocol [0][1] that can be used to transmit and inject packets (i.e spoof air planes) in the sky and wreak havoc on already worn thin aviation systems and controllers… available to anyone for under $50 and probably for free with some recycled gear lying around and ones local library… which should be fully implemented by 2020. Also on the subject on making it real for the people, social networks have huge information leakages that people are only ok with until it ends up on a site that they never consented to or signed up for. Exploiting the fact that social networks and search engines can extract the vain behaviors of people, one or companies can easily exploit such phenomenon (for fun or for profit because corporations can have ability to absolve individuals of personal liability by exchanging capital gained from such endeavors to the State) to cause discomfort to such audiences that would not care or be aware of such things that are increasingly discussed on HN, thus opening up the discomfort surface for other issues to seep through. All this to say, the means for The People (whomever and wherever they may be) to exhibit such control or sovereignty over themselves is already here (and always has, or so can be argued) if one looks around for just a little bit, so the time probably hasn't come but history suggests (especially in times of economic turmoil) that such times are always around the corner. But history also suggests that, in the aftermath of such things, they won't appear quite the same as they were looked upon before. [0] http://dangerousprototypes.com/2013/02/28/defcon-20-renderman-on-ads-b-aero-radio/ http://dangerousprototypes.com/2013/02/28/defcon-20-renderma... [1] http://youtu.be/HS38q3YXsY4?t=12m48s http://youtu.be/HS38q3YXsY4?t=12m48s