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Tuesday, December 16, 2003 |
Madonna Endorses Clark. Pop superstar Madonna "has stepped onto the political stage and endorsed Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark," CNN reports.... [Taegan Goddard's Political Wire]
Well, that works for me. If he's good enough for Madonna, then I guess he's good enough for me.
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What Happens When The Internet Is Trusted?. Someone who prefers to remain anonymous wrote in with a link to a Newsweek story painting a scary portrait of the future internet that some big companies envision.
Under the name (popularized, of course, by Microsoft) "trusted
computing", they're trying to clean up the internet. However,
just like pioneering places in the real world, "cleaning up" often
means "locking down", which can take away the rights and freedoms of
individuals mainly because a small number of them abused those rights
and freedoms. At the same time, however, the article suggests
that in such a cleaning up, we're simply making the internet safe for
big companies. The big question, then, is there a way to deal
with the bad seeds in an online world where anything goes that doesn't
require restricting our freedoms and openness? Or are the two
things mutually exclusive? I'd like to believe that it's possible
to preserve the rights and freedoms, but it will take more work -
because it involves focusing on stopping the abusers, instead of just
blocking everyone. [Techdirt]
The Newsweek piece is excellent and
important. Do read them. It's not surprising that big comanies and
politicians want to make the web safe for themselves. John Walker's Digital Imprimatur, cited in Levy's article is also great reading, but very depressing.
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