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Schmidt did NOT say that surveillance fears are going to "end up breaking the internet." That is the Washington Post's misleading headline. He spoke more about
by brianstorms 12y ago
Schmidt did NOT say that surveillance fears are going to "end up breaking the internet." That is the Washington Post's misleading headline. He spoke more about the erosion of international trust because of American surveillance activities.
To hear what Schmidt did say, watch the actual video.
He starts talking at around the 21-minute point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-P4Q-M1tW8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-P4Q-M1tW8
The actual quote is at around 24:00: "I think the simplest outcome is that we're going to end up breaking the internet. Because what's going to happen is that governments will do bad, bad laws of one kind or another and they're eventually going to say 'we want our own internet in our country because we want it to work our way and we don't want these NSA and other people in it.'"
- waterlesscloud 12y agoI guess I'm missing whatever distinction people are trying to make here. He says he thinks that fears of surveillance will lead to the breakup of the internet. Which is what the headline says. What am I missing here?
- rawland 12y agoContext.
- hahainternet 12y agoI think the distinction is between "Fear of being surveilled" and "Fear of the NSA surveillance program"
- ColinDabritz 12y agoExactly, the headline turns "the surveillance we are doing and have done" will break the internet, to "being afraid of surveillance" (implying "without reason") will break the internet.
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- kefka 12y agoIt's very evident that he was directly referring to the NSA spying program. Unless they were living under a rock since Snowden, the direct reason is the NSA.
- hammock 12y ago"Fears resulting from surveillance" more precise than "fears of surveillance"
- raldi 12y agoThe headline makes it sound like the fears are the problem, as if they're unfounded. But the fears are legitimate; it's the actual surveillance that threatens to break the internet.
- at-fates-hands 12y ago>>> He spoke more about the erosion of international trust because of American surveillance activities. The irony here is that the US is one of the most hacked countries on the planet. And where do you think those attacks originate? Yup, you guessed it. . . Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. One should not give trust when one has not earned it.
- drderidder 12y agoWell, the US is only second to China in terms of the number of attacks originating from it, so if you want to bring up where attacks originate, the US is right up there with the worst of them[1]. In any case, I think most people are capable of seeing that cyber-crime point-of-origin is really a separate issue from what this article is talking about. The point that the US tech industry has betrayed the global trust still stands. They're already losing business because of it. 1. http://www.networkworld.com/article/2366962/microsoft-subnet/spellbound-by-maps-tracking-hack-attacks-and-cyber-threats-in-real-time.html http://www.networkworld.com/article/2366962/microsoft-subnet...
- higherpurpose 12y agoWashington Post (or is it Jeff Bezos himself?) seems to really take the government's side lately.
- CPLX 12y agoThe Washington Post is deeply tied into the political and government establishment of Washington and has been for decades. This sort of thing really doesn't represent a change in tone.
- spacefight 12y agoThis. And this combined with no words whatsoever about the Bezos' other big venture in the Snowden files.
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