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"Open Web Alliance". Sounds like a good thing, doesn't it? Open is great! Oh, wait, they want it to be open so that they can read all of your traffic. Wat.
by peterwaller 12y ago
"Open Web Alliance". Sounds like a good thing, doesn't it? Open is great! Oh, wait, they want it to be open so that they can read all of your traffic. Wat.
- jcbrand 12y agoThere's a long history of abusing words or phrases with positive connotations in order to achieve something else (often the exact opposite). It's basically Newspeak from Orwell's 1984. One of the more recent ones is the "Internet Freedom Act" being proposed by Republicans and which aims to end Net Neutrality. http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/03/republicans-internet-freedom-act-would-wipe-out-net-neutrality/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/03/republicans-internet...
- whoisthemachine 12y agoRepublicans have (at least in the last few decades) been the best at this practice. PATRIOT act is probably the most notorious example.
- 21echoes 12y agoAnd the recent "Internet Freedom Act" http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/03/republicans-internet-freedom-act-would-wipe-out-net-neutrality/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/03/republicans-internet... with this choice quote from its author: "Once the federal government establishes a foothold into managing how Internet service providers run their networks they will essentially be deciding which content goes first, second, third, or not at all"
- dragonwriter 12y ago> PATRIOT act is probably the most notorious example. It is the USA PATRIOT act, and not only is that name an example of what you describe, but its actually an acronym over a longer bit of the same thing: "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism"