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A Safe But Sterile Internet.(Periscope; WORTH YOUR TIME)(The Future of the Internet - and How to Stop It)(Brief article)(Book review)
Byline: Katie Baker
In the web counterrevolution that Jonathan Zittrain foresees, users will lose the ability to control content, companies will gain the power to censor data, and security will trump innovation. It's a gloomy scenario that his new book, "The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It," says is already underway.
Zittrain, a professor at Oxford's Internet Institute, has long fought against attempts to control the Web and its Netizens. So it's no surprise that the book's biggest concern is the loss of the Web's free, communal ethos. Now, Zittrain says, the Net faces many threats to its openness: rising copyright infringement and identity theft encourage state interference, while viruses and spam are leading users to abandon flexible PCs for safe yet limited access through iPhones and BlackBerrys.
For anyone who's lost files to malware, a lockdown may not sound so bad. But as Zittrain points out, corporate devices and services allow makers to exert ...
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